A review of selection-based tests of abiotic surrogates for species representation

Conservation Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 668-679

  Beier, Paul ^a   Sutcliffe, Patricia ^b   Hjort, Jan ^c   Faith, Daniel P ^d   Pressey, Robert L ^e   Albuquerque, Fabio ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^e JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation planning; Conserving nature's stage; Geodiversity; Incidental representation; Surrogacy tests

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; CONSERVATION PLANNING; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVENTORY;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PROCEDURES;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 84929284565     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12509     Document Type: Article

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