US protected lands mismatch biodiversity priorities

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 5081-5086

  Jenkins, Clinton N ^a   Van Houtan, Kyle S ^b,c   Pimm, Stuart L ^c   Sexton, Joseph O ^d  

^a Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas IPÊ   (Brazil)

^b PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation priorities; Endemism; Extinction; Protected areas; Range size

Indexed keywords

VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GEOGRAPHY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928243625     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1418034112     Document Type: Article

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