Do biodiversity hotspots match with rodent conservation hotspots?

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 3693-3700

  Amori, Giovanni ^a   Gippoliti, Spartaco ^b   Luiselli, Luca ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Italian Institute of Anthropology   (Italy)

^c Centre of Environmental Studies Demetra srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity hotspots; Conservation; Papua New Guinea; Rodentia

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HOT SPOT; RODENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALIA; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 81555208222     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-011-0131-z     Document Type: Article

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