Indicator taxa revisited: Useful for conservation planning?

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-79

  Larsen, Frank Wugt ^a,c,d   Bladt, Jesper ^b   Rahbek, Carsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d Center for Applied Biodiversity Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity indicators; Complementary networks; Conservation planning; Indicator taxa

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPLEMENTARITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DATA SET; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RANGE SIZE;

AFRICA; DENMARK; EAST AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

AVES; MAMMALIA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 57349143964     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2008.00507.x     Document Type: Article

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