Defying the curse of ignorance: Perspectives in insect macroecology and conservation biogeography

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 172-179

  Diniz Filho, Jose Alexandre Felizola ^a   de Marco, Paulo ^a   Hawkins, Bradford A ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation biogeography; Ecogeographical rules; Linnean shortfall; Macroecology; Richness gradients; Wallacean shortfall

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958595590     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2010.00091.x     Document Type: Article

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