Human population density and prediction of local plant extinction in Britain

Conservation Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 185-189

  Thompson, Ken ^a   Jones, Allan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; EXTINCTION RISK; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDICTION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033042701     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1999.97353.x     Document Type: Article

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