Performance and consistency of indicator groups in two biodiversity hotspots

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Trindade Filho, Joaquim ^a   Loyola, Rafael Dias ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDICATOR ORGANISM; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; RARE SPECIES; SCRUB; TARGET ORGANISM; ANIMAL; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; MAMMAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; MAMMALS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79957559156     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019746     Document Type: Article

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