Geographical patterns in biodiversity: Towards an integration of concepts and methods from genes to species diversity

Natureza a Conservacao

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-187

  Diniz Filho, José Alexandre Felizola ^a   Bini, Luis Mauricio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Distance decay; Richness gradients; Spatial analyses; Species diversity; Systematic conservation planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864094698     PISSN: 16790073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4322/natcon.2011.023     Document Type: Article

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