Combining the species-area-habitat relationship and environmental cluster analysis to set conservation priorities: A study in the Zhoushan Archipelago, China

Conservation Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 537-545

  Chen, You Hua ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Area prioritization; Conservation planning; Environmental cluster analysis; Environmental distinctness index; Spatially explicit model; Speciesreahabitat relationship; Zhoushan Archipelago

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; NATURE CONSERVATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; ZHEJIANG; ZHOUSHAN;

EID: 65949091177     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.01084.x     Document Type: Article

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