Distribution of threatened-unprotected vertebrates as a basis for conservation planning

Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 117-132

  Dolev, Amit ^a,b   Carmel, Yohay ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel   (Israel)

Author keywords

GAP analysis; Israel; Priority areas; Protected areas; Species distribution; Threatened species; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; PROTECTED AREA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA; ASIA; EAST AFRICA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; KENYA; MIDDLE EAST; RIFT VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70349243301     PISSN: 15659801     EISSN: 22244662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/IJEE.55.2.117     Document Type: Article

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