Selecting flagships for invertebrate conservation

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1457-1476

  Barua, Maan ^a   Gurdak, Daniel J ^b   Ahmed, Riyaz Akhtar ^c   Tamuly, Jatin ^d  

^a Environmental Change Institute   (United Kingdom)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Kaziranga ^*  (India)

^d Wild Grass Kaziranga   (India)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Butterflies; Conservation; Flagship species; Insects; Invertebrates; Public perceptions

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BUTTERFLY; COLOR; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DRAGONFLY; EARTHWORM; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL PROVISION; HONEYBEE; INVERTEBRATE; PERCEPTION; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RURAL POPULATION; TOURIST BEHAVIOR;

INDIA;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 84860367879     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-012-0257-7     Document Type: Article

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