How global biodiversity hotspots may go unrecognized: Lessons from the North American Coastal Plain

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 236-244

  Noss, Reed F ^a   Platt, William J ^b   Sorrie, Bruce A ^c   Weakley, Alan S ^c   Means, D Bruce ^d   Costanza, Jennifer ^e   Peet, Robert K ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d Coastal Plains Institute and Land Conservancy ^*  (United States)

^e NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation planning; Endemism; Hotspot; Prioritization

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOME; COASTAL ZONE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FIRE BEHAVIOR; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; HOMOGENEITY; HOT SPOT; PRIORITIZATION; PROTECTED AREA; SOIL FERTILITY; SUBMERGENCE; TAXONOMY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84920823639     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12278     Document Type: Article

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