The key elements of a comprehensive global mammal conservation strategy

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1578, 2011, Pages 2591-2597

  Rondinini, Carlo ^a   Rodrigues, Ana S L ^b   Boitani, Luigi ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation goal; Conservation planning; Conservation priority setting; Conservation target; Triage

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EXTINCTION RISK; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LAND COVER; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITIZATION; RED LIST; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAMMAL; METHODOLOGY; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; MAMMALS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 80051636639     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0111     Document Type: Article

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