Global biodiversity conservation priorities: An expanded review

A Handbook of Environmental Management

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 8-29

  Brooks, Thomas M ^a,b,c   Mittermeier, Russell A ^d   da Fonseca, Gustavo A B ^e,f   Gerlach, Justin ^g   Hoffmann, Mike ^h   Lamoreux, John F ⁱ   Mittermeier, Cristina G ⁱ   Pilgrim, John D ^j   Rodrigues, Ana S L ^k,l  

^a NATURESERVE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^e Global Environment Facility   (United States)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^g Nature Protection Trust of Seychelles   (United Kingdom)

^h UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ International League of Conservation Photographers ^*  (United States)

^j BirdLife International in Indochina   (Viet Nam)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^l CNRS   (France)

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