Defining conservation priorities for freshwater fishes according to taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3002-3013

  Strecker, Angela L ^a,c   Olden, Julian D ^a   Whittier, Joanna B ^b   Paukert, Craig P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic stressors; Desert rivers; Endangered species; Lower Colorado River Basin; Restoration; Systematic conservation planning

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPLEMENTARITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRIORITIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIVER BASIN; TAXONOMY; TRADE-OFF;

COLORADO BASIN [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

PISCES;

EID: 84555203755     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0599.1     Document Type: Article

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