Selection and implementation of a flagship fleet in a locally undervalued region of high endemicity

Ambio

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 776-787

  Root Bernstein, Meredith ^a   Armesto, Juan ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; Environmental education; Flagship species; LEK; Mediterranean; Octodon degus

Indexed keywords

CANID; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DICOTYLEDON; ENDEMISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; GUIDELINE; LIZARD; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; RAPTOR; RODENT; SONGBIRD; SPIDER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; KNOWLEDGE; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHILE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; KNOWLEDGE;

CHILE;

EID: 84880064408     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-013-0385-7     Document Type: Article

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