Relationship between distributions of threatened plants and protected areas in Britain

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1515-1522

  Jackson, Sarah F ^a   Walker, Kevin ^b   Gaston, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF THE BRITISH ISLES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Britain; National priority species

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DATA SET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; POPULATION GROWTH; PROTECTED AREA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 67349230167     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.02.020     Document Type: Article

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