1. Conserving Biodiversity Efficiently: What to Do, Where, and When.
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Wilson, Kerrie A., Underwood, Emma C., Morrison, Scott A., Klausmeyer, Kirk R., Murdoch, William W., Reyers, Belinda, Wardell-Johnson, Grant, Marquet, Pablo A., Rundel, Phil W., McBride, Marissa F., Pressey, Robert L., Bode, Michael, Hoekstra, Jon M., Andelman, Sandy, Looker, Michael, Rondinini, Carlo, Kareiva, Peter, Shaw, M. Rebecca, and Possingham, Hugh P.
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BIODIVERSITY ,ECOLOGICAL regions ,VERTEBRATES ,PLANT species ,LAND resource ,LAND use - Abstract
A new framework applied to 17 of the world's Mediterranean ecoregions reveals that investing in a sequence of conservation actions targeted towards specific threats will protect more species than just acquiring land for protected areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2007
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