Dissecting the Japanese hotspot: refining evaluation of biodiversity in forests at different scales in the Japanese landscape

<p>Japan is one of the world’s 34 biodiversity hotspots, according to Conservation International (CI). The methods used by various organisations to define priorities differ, however, and all have weaknesses when trying to identify hotspots at finer resolutions. The goal of this thesis is to in...

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Main Author: Nakamura, N
Other Authors: Hawthorne, W
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2013
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