Identification of hotspots for biodiversity conservation in the Wenchuan earthquake-hit area

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 718-725

  Xu, Pei ^a   Wang, Yukuan ^a   Yang, Jinfeng ^a   Peng, Yi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Hotspot; Indicator species; Spatial correlation analysis; Wenchuan earthquake hit area

Indexed keywords

BEAR; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CORRELATION; DECISION MAKING; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; NATURE RESERVE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECONSTRUCTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SOIL CONSERVATION;

CHINA; MIN MOUNTAINS; QIONGLAI MOUNTAINS; SICHUAN; WENCHUAN; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 84874590685     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5846/stxb201203260411     Document Type: Article

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