Seven forms of rarity in mammals

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 131-139

  Yu, Jinping ^a   Dobson, F Stephen ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

7 forms of rarity; Conservation biology; IUCN; Mammalia; Niche based hypothesis; Rare species; Zoogeography

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; MAMMAL; NICHE; SPECIES RARITY; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033902553     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00366.x     Document Type: Article

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