Nation-wide agrarian depopulation threatens semi-natural grassland species in Japan: Sub-national application of the Red List Index

Biological Conservation

Volumn 167, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-8

  Koyanagi, Tomoyo F ^a   Furukawa, Takuya ^b  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodiversity indicator; Extinction risk; Marginal semi natural grassland; Plant functional groups; Red Data Book; Red List Index (RLI)

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN CHANGE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DISPERSAL; GRASSLAND; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NATIONAL PLANNING; RED LIST; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

JAPAN;

EID: 84882683392     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.07.012     Document Type: Article

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