Prioritising conservation areas using species surrogate measures: Consistent with ecological theory?

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1236-1240

  Sætersdal, Magne ^a   Gjerde, Ivar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biodiversity prioritisation; Complementarity; Ecological theory; Neutral models; Niche based models; Site selection; Surrogate species

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052786754     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.02027.x     Document Type: Note

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