Ecoregion prioritization suggests an armoury not a silver bullet for conservation planning

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Funk, Stephan M ^a   Fa, John E ^a  

^a DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIANCE FOR ZERO EXTINCTION; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAND BIOME; LAW; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; SPECIES EXTINCTION; ECOSYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

VERTEBRATA;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; PLANNING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 77952517592     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008923     Document Type: Article

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