Phenospectral similarity as an index of ecological integrity
Patrick Osei Darko,
Etienne Laliberté,
Margaret Kalacska
et al.
Abstract:In collaboration with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Taskforce on Biodiversity and Protected Areas, countries worldwide are working to develop a new systematic approach to inform the Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) initiative. The goal is to map KBAs from the national to global scales with a baseline international standard in support of biodiversity conservation efforts. According to the IUCN standard, one of the five criteria used to identify potential KBAs, is the Ecological Inte… Show more
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