Species richness and representation in protected areas of the Western hemisphere: Discrepancies between checklists and range maps

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 782-793

  Cantú Salazar, Lisette ^a,b   Gaston, Kevin J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b Public Research Center Gabriel Lippmann   (Luxembourg)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distribution maps; Occurrence; Protected areas; Representation; Species richness; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; MAMMAL; PRIORITIZATION; PROTECTED AREA; RANGE SIZE; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84879184605     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12034     Document Type: Article

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