Sustain common species and ecosystem functions through biodiversity offsets: Response to Pilgrim et al.

Conservation Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 385-386

  Regnery, Baptiste ^a   Kerbiriou, Christian ^a   Julliard, Romain ^a   Vandevelde, Jean Christophe ^a   Le Viol, Isabelle ^a   Burylo, Mélanie ^a   Couvet, Denis ^a  

^a 'Conservation des Espèces Restauration et Suivi des Populations' ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity offsets; Common species; Community index; Conservation planning; Ecosystem functions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885456967     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12027     Document Type: Article

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