Use of arthropod rarity for area prioritisation: Insights from the Azorean islands

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Fattorini, Simone ^a,b   Cardoso, Pedro ^a,c   Rigal, François ^a   Borges, Paulo A V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; AZOREAN ISLAND; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPECIES RARITY;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; AZORES; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREES;

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 84859143147     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033995     Document Type: Article

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