Drafting a blueprint for functional and phylogenetic diversity conservation in the Brazilian cerrado

Natureza a Conservacao

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-176

  de Carvalho, Rodrigo Assis ^a   Cianciaruso, Marcus Vinicius ^a   Trindade Filho, Joaquim ^a   Sagnori, Maíra Dalia ^a   Loyola, Rafael Dias ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bats; Biodiversity hotspots; Conservation assessment; Diversity gradients; Mammals; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957564080     PISSN: 16790073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4322/natcon.00802011     Document Type: Article

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