A biodiversity indicators dashboard: Addressing challenges to monitoring progress towards the Aichi biodiversity targets using disaggregated global data

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Han, Xuemei ^a,b   Smyth, Regan L ^a   Young, Bruce E ^a   Brooks, Thomas M ^a,c,d,e   De Lozada, Alexandra Sanchez ^a   Bubb, Philip ^f   Butchart, Stuart H M ^g   Larsen, Frank W ^h,i   Hamilton, Healy ^a   Hansen, Matthew C ^j   Turner, Will R ⁱ  

^a NATURESERVE   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IUCN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS   (Philippines)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^f UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^g BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^h EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (Denmark)

ⁱ Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY INDICATOR DASHBOARD; CAPACITY BUILDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; ONLINE SYSTEM; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SPECIES HABITAT; BIODIVERSITY; DATA BASE; ECOSYSTEM MONITORING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROCEDURES;

BIODIVERSITY; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; ECOLOGICAL PARAMETER MONITORING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84915757717     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112046     Document Type: Article

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