Using indicator groups to represent bird phylogenetic and functional diversity

Biological Conservation

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 155-162

  Trindade Filho, Joaquim ^a   Sobral, Fernando Landa ^a   Cianciaruso, Marcus Vinicius ^a   Loyola, Rafael Dias ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic forest; Biodiversity surrogates; Ecosystem processes; Redundancy; Systematic conservation planning

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; BIRD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURROGATE METHOD;

ATLANTIC FOREST;

APODIFORMES; AVES; CHARADRIIFORMES;

EID: 84857450266     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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