Conserving organisms over large regions requires multi-taxa indicators: One taxon's diversity-vacant area is another taxon's diversity zone

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1690-1701

  Fattorini, Simone ^a,b   Dennis, Roger L H ^c,d   Cook, Laurence M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Biogeography; Cross taxon; Diversity surrogate; Hotspot; Turkey

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOINDICATOR; CAPTURE METHOD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CORRELATION; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; HOT SPOT; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INSECT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

ANATOLIA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; TURKEY;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CHILOPODA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; CICINDELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CRYPTOCEPHALINAE; HESPERIOIDEA; HYDROPHILIDAE; LACCOBIUS; LEPIDOPTERA; NITIDULIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; SCORPIONES; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 79956221849     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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