Comments on Bartolino et al. (2011): Limits of cumulative relative frequency distribution curves for hotspot identification

Population Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 597-601

  Cayuela, Luis ^a   Gálvez Bravo, Lucía ^b   Carrascal, Luis María ^c   de Albuquerque, Fábio S ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiversity hotspot; Conservation prioritization; Density; High value conservation areas; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITIZATION; SLOPE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; THRESHOLD;

EID: 79961024483     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-011-0272-7     Document Type: Article

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