A panbiogeographical model to prioritize areas for conservation along large rivers

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 168-179

  Arzamendia, Vanesa ^a,b   Giraudo, Alejandro R ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE LIMNOLOGÍA CONICET UNL   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Neotropical rivers; Panbiogeography; Plata Basin; Priority conservation areas; Snakes; South America

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDEMISM; NEOTROPICAL REGION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITIZATION; RIVER SYSTEM; SNAKE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BOLIVIA; LA PLATA BASIN; PARAGUA RIVER; PARANA RIVER; SANTA CRUZ [BOLIVIA]; URUGUAY RIVER;

SERPENTES;

EID: 84855486698     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00829.x     Document Type: Article

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