Using taxonomically unbiased criteria to prioritize resource allocation for oceanic island species conservation

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1659-1682

  Martín, José L ^a   Cardoso, Pedro ^b,h   Arechavaleta, Manuel ^a   Borges, Paulo A V ^b   Faria, Bernardo F ^c   Abreu, Cristina ^d   Aguiar, António F ^e   Carvalho, José A ^f   Costa, Ana C ^b   Cunha, Regina T ^b   Fernandes, Francisco M ^f   Gabriel, Rosalina ^b   Jardim, Roberto ^f   Lobo, Carlos ^f   Martins, António M F ^b   Oliveira, Paulo ^g   Rodrigues, Pedro ^b   Silva, Luís ^b   Teixeira, Dinarte ^c   Amorim, Isabel R ^b   Homem, Nídia ^b   Martins, Berta ^b   Martins, Mónica ^b   Mendonça, Enésima ^b   more..

^a Instituto Canario de Ciencias Marinas   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^c Secretaria Regional do Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Direcção Regional do Ambiente   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MADEIRA   (Portugal)

^e Laboratório Agricola da Madeira   (Portugal)

^f Instituto das Florestas e Conservação da Natureza IP RAM   (Portugal)

^g Parque Natural da Madeira   (Portugal)

^h DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Azores; Biodiversity management; Canary Islands; Conservation priority; Macaronesia; Madeira; Ranking criteria; Risk assessment; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; BRYOPHYTE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MOLLUSC; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TAXONOMY; VASCULAR PLANT; VERTEBRATE;

AZORES; CANARY ISLANDS; MADEIRA; PORTUGAL; SPAIN;

ARTHROPODA; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; MOLLUSCA; TRACHEOPHYTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77952237023     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-010-9795-z     Document Type: Article

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