Remaining natural vegetation in the global biodiversity hotspots

Biological Conservation

Volumn 177, Issue , 2014, Pages 12-24

  Sloan, Sean ^a   Jenkins, Clinton N ^b   Joppa, Lucas N ^c   Gaveau, David L A ^d   Laurance, William F ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biodiversity hotspots; Conservation planning; Natural areas; Wilderness

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; BIOME; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84903388616     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.05.027     Document Type: Article

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