Four desert waters: Setting arid zone wetland conservation priorities through understanding patterns of endemism

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2459-2467

  Fensham, R J ^a,b   Silcock, J L ^b   Kerezsy, A ^c,d   Ponder, W ^e  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Bush Heritage Australia   (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arid zone; Conservation; Endemism; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CONNECTIVITY; DESERT; DISCHARGE; DISJUNCT DISTRIBUTION; ENDEMISM; EPHEMERAL STREAM; FISH; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATURE CONSERVATION; OUTCROP; PRIORITIZATION; REFUGIUM; SURFACE WATER; VASCULAR PLANT; WETLAND; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALIA; LAKE EYRE BASIN; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

MOLLUSCA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84860420847     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.06.024     Document Type: Article

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