A new method to set conservation priorities in biodiversity hotspots

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 638-648

  Bacchetta, G ^a   Farris, E ^b   Pontecorvo, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity hotspots; conservation; endemic plants; Habitats Directive; IUCN criteria and categories; Mediterranean Basin; Priority Index

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865106603     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2011.642417     Document Type: Article

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