Surrogacy and persistence in reserve selection: Landscape prioritization for multiple taxa in Britain

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 82-91

  Franco, Aldina M A ^a   Anderson, Barbara J ^a   Roy, David B ^b   Gillings, Simon ^c   Fox, Richard ^d   Moilanen, Atte ^e   Thomas, Chris D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^d BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Biodiversity; Birds; Butterflies; Conservation; Mammals; Plants; Protected areas; Reptiles; Zonation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONNECTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NATURE CONSERVATION; NATURE RESERVE; PERSISTENCE; PRIORITIZATION; ZONATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; PAPILIONOIDEA; REPTILIA;

EID: 58249106866     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01598.x     Document Type: Article

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