Prioritizing conservation investments for mammal species globally

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1578, 2011, Pages 2670-2680

  Wilson, Kerrie A ^a   Evans, Megan C ^a   di Marco, Moreno ^b   Green, David C ^a   Boitani, Luigi ^b   Possingham, Hugh P ^a   Chiozza, Federica ^b   Rondinini, Carlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Likelihood of success; Mammals; Protected areas; Spatial conservation prioritization; Threat abatement; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HABITAT LOSS; MAMMAL; PRIORITIZATION; PROTECTED AREA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAMMAL; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; MAMMALS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 80051620003     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0108     Document Type: Article

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