Striking underrepresentation of biodiversity-rich regions among editors of conservation journals

Biological Conservation

Volumn 220, Issue , 2018, Pages 330-333

  Campos Arceiz, Ahimsa ^a   Primack, Richard B ^b   Miller Rushing, Abraham J ^c   Maron, Martine ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c Acadia National Park   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation capacity; Conservation science; Diversity; Editorial boards; Geographic bias; National biodiversity index

Indexed keywords

EID: 85039896362     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2017.07.028     Document Type: Editorial

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