Comparing multiple species distribution proxies and different quantifications of the human footprint map, implications for conservation

Biological Conservation

Volumn 165, Issue , 2013, Pages 203-211

  Di Marco, Moreno ^a   Rondinini, Carlo ^a   Boitani, Luigi ^a   Murray, Kris A ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Extinction risk; Human impact; IUCN Red List; Species distribution; Suitable habitat; Threatened mammal species

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT SELECTION; RED LIST; RISK ASSESSMENT;

SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 84880996381     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.05.030     Document Type: Article

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