Conservation planning: A macroecological approach using the endemic terrestrial vertebrates of the Brazilian Cerrado

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Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 567-577

  Diniz Filho, José Alexandre Felizola ^a   Bini, Luis Mauricio ^a   Pinto, Míriam Plaza ^a,d   Terribile, Levi Carina ^b   De Oliveira, Guilherme ^a   Vieira, Cleiber Marques ^a,g   Blamires, Daniel ^a,g   De Souza Barreto, Bruno ^a   Carvalho, Priscilla ^c   Rangel, Thiago Fernando L V B ^a,e   Tôrres, Natalia Mundin ^a,f   Bastos, Rogério Pereira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^f Jaguar Conservation Fund   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Brazil; Cerrado; Conservation planning; Macroecology; Optimization; Reserve network

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOME; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GUIDELINE; HABITAT LOSS; MACROECOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; PROTECTED AREA; RANCHING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; VERTEBRATE;

BRAZIL; CERRADO; SOUTH AMERICA;

BOS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 53949123278     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605308001129     Document Type: Article

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