The geography of high-value biodiversity areas for terrestrial vertebrates in Western Europe and their coverage by protected area networks
We identified high-value biodiversity areas (HVBAs) of terrestrial vertebrates according to a combined index of biodiversity (CBI) for each major taxon and a standardized biodiversity index (SBI) for all taxa in 2195 cells of 50 × 50 km in Western Europe to evaluate whether these areas...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2012-11-01
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Series: | Web Ecology |
Online Access: | http://www.web-ecol.net/12/65/2012/we-12-65-2012.pdf |