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Rocky outcrops: A hard road in the conservation of critical habitats

2017-07-01

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Rocky outcrops are geological features that encompass a wide variety of physical environments, including escarpments, overhangs, cliffs, tors, boulder-heaps and insular domes (inselbergs). They support high levels of species diversity and endemism, and provide stable micro-climates for thousands of years. They provide critical breeding sites for many top order mammalian and avian predators; nesting sites for colon...

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Literature Corpus work: b29aa024-2c1b-5a47-a8e2-4c1076282393
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.11.019

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