Living in risky landscapes: Delineating management units in multithreat environments for effective species conservation

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 42-52

  Olea, Pedro P ^a   Mateo Tomás, Patricia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Egyptian vulture; Evidence based conservation; Habitat heterogeneity; Multivariate analysis; Neophron percnopterus; Threatened species; Uncertainty; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; HABITAT LOSS; HETEROGENEITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROTECTED AREA; RAPTOR; SPECIES CONSERVATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AVES; NEOPHRON PERCNOPTERUS;

EID: 84892516595     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12176     Document Type: Article

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