Quantifying the relative irreplaceability of important bird and biodiversity areas

Conservation Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 392-402

  Di Marco, Moreno ^a,b   Brooks, Thomas ^c,d,e   Cuttelod, Annabelle ^f   Fishpool, Lincoln D C ^g   Rondinini, Carlo ^a   Smith, Robert J ^h   Bennun, Leon ⁱ   Butchart, Stuart H M ^g   Ferrier, Simon ^j   Foppen, Ruud P B ^k,l,m   Joppa, Lucas ⁿ   Juffe Bignoli, Diego ^o   Knight, Andrew T ^b,p,q   Lamoreux, John F ^r   Langhammer, Penny F ^s   May, Ian ^g   Possingham, Hugh P ^b,p   Visconti, Piero ⁿ   Watson, James E M ^t   Woodley, Stephen ^u  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c IUCN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS   (Philippines)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^f Sheraton House Castle Park   (United Kingdom)

^g BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ The Biodiversity Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

^j CSIRO   (Australia)

^k SOVON DUTCH CENTRE FOR FIELD ORNITHOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^l European Bird Census Council   (Netherlands)

^m RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

ⁿ MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

^o UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^p IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^q NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^r National Fish and Wildlife Foundation   (United States)

^s ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^t WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^u International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Complementarity; Convention on biological diversity; Irreplaceability; Key biodiversity areas; Restricted range species; Systematic conservation planning; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; COMPLEMENTARITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; IDENTIFICATION KEY; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA; RANGE SIZE; REPLACEMENT; SPECIES INVENTORY;

AFRICA; AUSTRALIA; EUROPE;

AVES;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

AFRICA, SOUTHERN; ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE;

EID: 84960109805     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12609     Document Type: Article

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