Global patterns of protection of elevational gradients in mountain ranges

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 115, Issue 23, 2018, Pages 6004-6009

  Elsen, Paul R ^a   Monahan, William B ^b   Merenlender, Adina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aichi Target 11; Biodiversity; Climate change; Conservation planning; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC ELEVATION; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; BIODIVERSITY; INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

EID: 85047977804     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1720141115     Document Type: Article

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