Predicting global abundance of a threatened species from its occurrence: Implications for conservation planning

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 117-121

  Figueiredo, Marcos S L ^a   Grelle, Carlos Eduardo V ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic forest; Brachyteles hypoxanthus; Geographical range; Negative binomial distribution; Primates

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MACROECOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRIMATE; RAINFOREST; RANGE SIZE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

BRACHYTELES; BRACHYTELES ARACHNOIDES; BRACHYTELES HYPOXANTHUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 57349129694     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2008.00525.x     Document Type: Article

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