Protecting the innocent: Studying short-range endemic taxa enhances conservation outcomes

Invertebrate Systematics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-10

  Harvey, Mark S ^a,b,c,g   Rix, Michael G ^a   Framenau, Volker W ^a,b,d   Hamilton, Zo R ^b,e   Johnson, Michael S ^b   Teale, Roy J ^a,b,e   Humphreys, Garth ^a,b,e   Humphreys, William F ^a,b,f,h  

^a WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^d Phoenix Environmental Sciences Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^e BIOTA ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES PTY LTD   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^g CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^h Karst Waters Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; FAUNA; HABITAT LOSS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RANGE SIZE; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; TAXONOMY; VULNERABILITY;

AUSTRALIA; PILBARA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79960367925     PISSN: 14455226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/IS11011     Document Type: Review

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