Case studies of conservation plans that incorporate geodiversity

Conservation Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 680-691

  Anderson, M G ^a   Comer, P J ^b   Beier, P ^c   Lawler, J J ^d   Schloss, C A ^a   Buttrick, S ^a   Albano, C M ^e   Faith, D P ^f  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b NATURESERVE   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abiotic surrogates; Conservation planning; Conserving nature's stage; Geodiversity

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; GEODIVERSITY; LAND CLASSIFICATION; SITE SELECTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NEW SOUTH WALES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84929283379     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12503     Document Type: Article

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