Are higher taxa adequate surrogates for species-level assemblage patterns and species richness in stream organisms?

Higher taxa are effective surrogates for

Higher taxa are effective surrogates for species in the selection of conservation reserves in estuaries

✍ Mohammad Reza Shokri; William Gladstone 📂 Article 📅 2009 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 267 KB

## Abstract The lack of information about marine biodiversity is problematic for the selection of conservation reserves that aim to protect representative samples of biodiversity. A number of surrogate measures for biodiversity have been suggested as a potential solution to this problem. The prese