Biodiversity assessment

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Skov, F., Spatial modelling for tropical biodiversity assessment, in Scan GIS 99 - Proceedings from the 7th Scandinavian Research Conference on Geographical Information Science, Stubkjaer E. and Hansen, H.S., Eds, Aalborg Universitetsforlag, Aalborg, 1999, 203. 

The status and biogeography of Mesoamerican seasonally dry tropical forests (SDTF) are briefly described. Two areas with SDTF conservation initiatives, one in Oaxaca, Mexico, the other in southern Nicaragua, are described. The degree to which scientific practices have influenced their establishment is discussed. The reasons for the selection of these areas as sites for biodiversity conservation are shown to be largely determined without recourse to sdentiflc procedures such as biodiversity assessment or systematic reserve selection. It is argued that such opportunistic reserve selection, especially where local concerns are taken into account, is inevitable and can contribute much to the conservation of Mesoamerican SDTF. 

Bertrand, Y., Pleijel, F., and Rouse, G.W. (2006) Taxonomic surrogacy in biodiversity assessments, and the meaning of Lirmaean ranks. Systematics and Biodiversity, 4 149—159. 

Collen, B., Ram, M., Dewhurst, N., Clausnitzer, V., Kalkman, V., Cumberlidge, N. and Baillie, J. E. M. (2009b). Broadening the coverage of biodiversity assessments. In WUdlife in a changing world an analysis of the 2008 lUCN Red List of Threatened Species,... 

Due to this overwhelming diversity, comprehensive inventories of insects are among the most challenging frontiers for global biodiversity assessment, particularly... 

Jones, D. T. and Eggleton, P. (2000). Sampling termite assemblages in tropical forests testing a rapid biodiversity assessment protocol. Journal of Applied Ecology, 37 191-203. 

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Smith, M. A. and Fisher, B. L. (2009). Invasions, DNA barcodes, and rapid biodiversity assessment using ants of Mauritius. Frontiers in Zoology, 6(1) 31. 

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