Quantifying threats to imperiled species in the United States: Assessing the relative importance of habitat destruction, alien species, pollution, overexploitation, and disease

BioScience

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 607-615

  Wilcove, David S ^a   Rothstein, David ^b   Dubow, Jason ^c   Phillips, Ali ^d   Losos, Elizabeth ^e  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Eastern Research Group Inc   (United States)

^d Wilderness Society Washington DC   (United States)

^e SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

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EID: 0031874826     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1313420     Document Type: Article

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