Conserving small natural features with large ecological roles: A synthetic overview

Biological Conservation

Volumn 211, Issue , 2017, Pages 88-95

  Hunter, Malcolm L ^a   Acuña, Vicenç ^b   Bauer, Dana Marie ^c   Bell, Kathleen P ^a   Calhoun, Aram J K ^a   Felipe Lucia, María R ^d   Fitzsimons, James A ^e,f   González, Eduardo ^g,h   Kinnison, Michael ^a   Lindenmayer, David ⁱ   Lundquist, Carolyn J ^j,k   Medellin, Rodrigo A ^l   Nelson, Erik J ^m   Poschlod, Peter ⁿ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH ICRA   (Spain)

^c CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^f DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

ⁱ AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^k NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^l INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^m BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem services; Keystone; Keystone species; Meso filter

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EDUCATION; INCENTIVE; INVENTORY; KEYSTONE SPECIES;

EID: 85008440706     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.12.020     Document Type: Article

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