Assessing the conservation status of species with limited available data and disjunct distribution

Biological Conservation

Volumn 170, Issue , 2014, Pages 130-136

  Pena, João Carlos de Castro ^a   Kamino, Luciana Hiromi Yoshino ^b   Rodrigues, Marcos ^b   Mariano Neto, Eduardo ^a   de Siqueira, Marinez Ferreira ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS JARDIM BOTÂNICO DO RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hull; Conservation planning; Disjunct distribution; Extent of occurrence; Habitat suitability models; IUCN categories

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONSERVATION STATUS; DATA SET; DISJUNCT DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MAXIMUM ENTROPY ANALYSIS; RED LIST; TOPOLOGY;

EID: 84893204755     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.12.015     Document Type: Article

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