Global diversity hotspots and conservation priorities for sharks

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Lucifora, Luis O ^a,b   García, Verónica B ^b   Worm, Boris ^b  

^a Centro de Investigaciones del Bosque Atlántico ^*  (Argentina)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SHARK; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CHILE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; JAPAN; SEA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CHONDRICHTHYES;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CHILE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; JAPAN; OCEANS AND SEAS; SHARKS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955840611     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019356     Document Type: Article

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