What spatial data do we need to develop global mammal conservation strategies?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1578, 2011, Pages 2623-2632

  Boitani, Luigi ^a   Maiorano, Luigi ^a,b   Baisero, Daniele ^a   Falcucci, Alessandra ^a   Visconti, Piero ^a,c   Rondinini, Carlo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geographical range; Habitat suitability model; Point locations; Species distribution; Species distribution model; Species records

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATABASE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HABITAT QUALITY; HETEROGENEITY; MAMMAL; MAPPING METHOD; PLANNING PROCESS; RANGE SIZE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMAL; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAMMAL; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; MAMMALS; MAPS AS TOPIC;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 80051610002     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0117     Document Type: Review

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