‘Sum of inverse range-sizes’ (SIR), a biodiversity metric with many names and interpretations

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2877-2882

  Guerin, Greg R ^a   Lowe, Andrew J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Water and Natural Resources ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Area of occupancy; Extent of occurrence; Range rarity; Rarity weighted richness; Species richness; Weighted endemism

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPLEMENTARITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDEMISM; PHYLOGENETICS; RANGE SIZE; RARITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 84942550254     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-015-0977-6     Document Type: Article

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