Identifying declining and threatened species with museum data

Biological Conservation

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-17

  McCarthy, Michael A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation priorities; Extinction risk; Population trend; Risk assessment; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED MAMMAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; SCIENTIFIC COLLECTION;

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONOTREMATA;

EID: 0031986386     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(97)00048-7     Document Type: Article

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