The rarest and least protected forests in biodiversity hotspots

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 21, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 3597-3611

  Gillespie, Thomas W ^a   Lipkin, Boris ^a   Sullivan, Lauren ^a   Benowitz, David R ^a   Pau, Stephanie ^b   Keppel, Gunnar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity hotspots; ESA Globcover; Forest conservation; Geographic information systems; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOREGION; ENDEMISM; FOREST COVER; GIS; LAND COVER; PIXEL; PROTECTED AREA; RARE SPECIES; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPERATE FOREST;

ATACAMA; AUSTRAL ISLANDS; BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY; CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO; CHILE; INDIA; LAKSHADWEEP; MALDIVES; SAN AMBROSIO ISLAND; SAN FELIX ISLAND; TUBUAI;

EID: 84869159417     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-012-0384-1     Document Type: Article

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