Invertebrate diversity and national responsibility for species conservation across Europe - A multi-taxon approach

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2747-2756

  Schuldt, Andreas ^a   Assmann, Thorsten ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Climate change; Cross taxon congruence; History; Hotspot; Insect

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENDEMISM; INVERTEBRATE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EUROPE;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77956885593     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.07.022     Document Type: Article

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