Building a 2010 biodiversity conservation data baseline: Contributions of the Group on Earth Observations

Ecological Research

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 937-946

  Muchoney, Douglas M ^a   Williams, Michael ^a  

^a Group on Earth Observations   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Earth observations; Ecosystems; Indicators; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BASELINE SURVEY; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA INTERPRETATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; NATURE CONSERVATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84755160996     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-010-0756-5     Document Type: Article

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