Conservation significance of America's Newest system of protected Areas: National Landscape Conservation system

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 224-254

  Darst, Catherine R ^a   Huffman, Katelyn A ^b   Jarvis, Jeff ^a,c  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Endangered species; Public lands; Species area relationship

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION STATUS; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 68949209945     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3375/043.029.0304     Document Type: Article

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