Biotope prioritisation in the Central Apennines (Italy): Species rarity and cross-taxon congruence

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3413-3429

  Fattorini, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Birds; Butterflies; Coleoptera Tenebrionidae; Conservation planning; Mammals; Rarity measures

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; BIOTOPE; BIRD; BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; MAMMAL; MUSEUM; PRIORITIZATION; RARITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VULNERABILITY;

APENNINES; EUROPE; ITALY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; PAPILIONOIDEA; TENEBRIONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77957991530     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-010-9903-0     Document Type: Article

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