Priority Wetland Invertebrates as Conservation Surrogates;Invertebrados de Humedal Prioritarios como Sustitutos de Conservación

Conservation Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 573-582

  Ormerod, S J ^a   Durance, Isabelle ^a   Terrier, Aurelie ^b   Swanson, Alisa M ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Freshwater; Gastropods; Snails; Surrogate species; Umbrella species

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; BIOINDICATOR; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GASTROPOD; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MACROPHYTE; NATURE CONSERVATION; SNAIL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WETLAND;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INVERTEBRATE; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GREAT BRITAIN; INVERTEBRATES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WETLANDS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ANISUS VORTICULUS; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; SEGMENTINA NITIDA; VALVATA MACROSTOMA;

EID: 77954168710     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01352.x     Document Type: Article

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