Does taxonomic diversity in indicator groups influence their effectiveness in identifying priority areas for species conservation?

Animal Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 546-554

  Bladt, Jesper ^a   Larsen, F W ^b   Rahbek, C ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Area selection; Complementarity; Conservation planning; Indicator groups; Surrogates; Taxonomic diversity

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; CONSERVATION PLANNING; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 58049127194     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2008.00211.x     Document Type: Article

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