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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Main Authors: M. J. T. Assunção-Albuquerque, J. M. Rey Benayas, F. S. Albuquerque, M. Á. Rodríguez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2012-11-01
Series:Web Ecology
Online Access:http://www.web-ecol.net/12/65/2012/we-12-65-2012.pdf