Selection and Implementation of a Flagship Fleet in a Locally Undervalued Region of High Endemicity

@article{RootBernstein2013SelectionAI,
  title={Selection and Implementation of a Flagship Fleet in a Locally Undervalued Region of High Endemicity},
  author={Meredith Root-Bernstein and Juan J. Armesto},
  journal={AMBIO},
  year={2013},
  volume={42},
  pages={776-787}
}
Flagships are one conservation education tool. We present a proposed flagship species fleet for environmental education in central Chile. Our methods followed recent flagship guidelines. We present our selection process and a detailed justification for the fleet of flagship species that we selected. Our results are a list of eight flagship species forming a flagship fleet, including two small- and medium-sized mammals, the degu (Octodon degus) and the culpeo fox (Lycalopex culpeaus), two birds… 
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