Global biodiversity monitoring: From data sources to Essential Biodiversity Variables

Biological Conservation

Volumn 213, Issue , 2017, Pages 256-263

  Proença, Vânia ^a   Martin, Laura Jane ^b   Pereira, Henrique Miguel ^c,d,e   Fernandez, Miguel ^c,f   McRae, Louise ^g   Belnap, Jayne ^h   Böhm, Monika ^g   Brummitt, Neil ⁱ   García Moreno, Jaime ^j   Gregory, Richard D ^k   Honrado, João Pradinho ^e,l   Jürgens, Norbert ^m   Opige, Michael ⁿ   Schmeller, Dirk S ^o,p   Tiago, Patrícia ^e,q   van Swaay, Chris A M ^r  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^e CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

^g INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^h U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

ⁱ DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^j Het Haam 16   (Netherlands)

^k RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^m UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

ⁿ NatureUganda   (Uganda)

^o HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^p UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^q UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^r DUTCH BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Biodiversity monitoring schemes; Essential Biodiversity Variables; GEO BON; Global biodiversity monitoring; Living Planet Index; Primary biodiversity observations

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; INDEX METHOD; INFORMATION SYSTEM; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4;

EID: 84996743289     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.07.014     Document Type: Article

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