Knowledge behind conservation status decisions: Data basis for "Data Deficient" Brazilian plant species

Biological Conservation

Volumn 173, Issue , 2014, Pages 80-89

  Sousa Baena, Mariane S ^a   Garcia, Letícia Couto ^a   Townsend Peterson, A ^b  

^a Centro de Referencia em Informaao Ambiental   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Conservation status; Data deficient species; Digital accessible knowledge; Primary biodiversity data; Red list

Indexed keywords

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 84899826038     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.06.034     Document Type: Article

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