Implications of endemics-area relationships for estimates of species extinctions

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 3305-3311

  Kinzig, A P ^a   Harte, J ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endemics; Endemics area relationship; Estimated extinction rates; Extinction; Habitat destruction; Minimum viable population; Species distributions; Species area relationship; Threshold effects

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXTINCTION; HABITAT LOSS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0034510421     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[3305:IOEARF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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