Measuring the conservation value of tropical primary forests: The effect of occasional species on estimates of biodiversity uniqueness

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Barlow, Jos ^a   Gardner, Toby A ^b,c   Louzada, Julio ^b   Peres, Carlos A ^d  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LANDSCAPE; POPULATION; SAMPLE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXON; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 77949715981     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009609     Document Type: Article

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