Range-diversity plots for conservation assessments: Using richness and rarity in priority setting

Biological Conservation

Volumn 158, Issue , 2013, Pages 313-320

  Villalobos, Fabricio ^a   Lira Noriega, Andrés ^b   Soberón, Jorge ^b   Arita, Héctor T ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Birds; Distribution; Diversity; Mexico; Prioritization; Range diversity plots

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CONSERVATION STATUS; ECOREGION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; RARITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

AVES;

EID: 84870514115     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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