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Ecoregions in Ascendance: Reply to Jepson and Whittaker

2002; Wiley; Volume: 16; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1046/j.1523-1739.2002.01403.x

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Eric Wikramanayake, Eric Dinerstein, Colby Loucks, David M. Olson, John C. Morrison, John Lamoreux, Meghan W. McKnight, Prashant Hedao,

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Conservation BiologyVolume 16, Issue 1 p. 238-243 Ecoregions in Ascendance: Reply to Jepson and Whittaker Eric Wikramanayake, Eric Wikramanayake Conservation Science Program, World Wildlife Fund – United States, 1250 24th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20037, U.S.A.Search for more papers by this authorEric Dinerstein, Eric Dinerstein Conservation Science Program, World Wildlife Fund – United States, 1250 24th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20037, U.S.A.Search for more papers by this authorColby Loucks, Colby Loucks Conservation Science Program, World Wildlife Fund – United States, 1250 24th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20037, U.S.A.Search for more papers by this authorDavid Olson, David Olson Conservation Science Program, World Wildlife Fund – United States, 1250 24th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20037, U.S.A.Search for more papers by this authorJohn Morrison, John Morrison Conservation Science Program, World Wildlife Fund – United States, 1250 24th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20037, U.S.A.Search for more papers by this authorJohn Lamoreux, John Lamoreux Conservation Science Program, World Wildlife Fund – United States, 1250 24th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20037, U.S.A.Search for more papers by this authorMeghan McKnight, Meghan McKnight Conservation Science Program, World Wildlife Fund – United States, 1250 24th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20037, U.S.A.Search for more papers by this authorPrashant Hedao, Prashant Hedao Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., Redlands, CA 92373, U.S.A.Search for more papers by this author Eric Wikramanayake, Eric Wikramanayake Conservation Science Program, World Wildlife Fund – United States, 1250 24th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20037, U.S.A.Search for more papers by this authorEric Dinerstein, Eric Dinerstein Conservation Science Program, World Wildlife Fund – United States, 1250 24th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20037, U.S.A.Search for more papers by this authorColby Loucks, Colby Loucks Conservation Science Program, World Wildlife Fund – United States, 1250 24th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20037, U.S.A.Search for more papers by this authorDavid Olson, David Olson Conservation Science Program, World Wildlife Fund – United States, 1250 24th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20037, U.S.A.Search for more papers by this authorJohn Morrison, John Morrison Conservation Science Program, World Wildlife Fund – United States, 1250 24th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20037, U.S.A.Search for more papers by this authorJohn Lamoreux, John Lamoreux Conservation Science Program, World Wildlife Fund – United States, 1250 24th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20037, U.S.A.Search for more papers by this authorMeghan McKnight, Meghan McKnight Conservation Science Program, World Wildlife Fund – United States, 1250 24th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20037, U.S.A.Search for more papers by this authorPrashant Hedao, Prashant Hedao Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., Redlands, CA 92373, U.S.A.Search for more papers by this author First published: 18 January 2002 https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1523-1739.2002.01403.xCitations: 24 Address correspondence to E. 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