Extinction in a field of bullets: A search for causes in the decline of the world's freshwater fishes

Biological Conservation

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 97-105

  Duncan, Jeffrey R ^a   Lockwood, Julie L ^b  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Extinction; Fish; Taxonomic selectivity; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION RISK; FRESHWATER; ICHTHYOFAUNA; NATURE CONSERVATION; RED LIST;

ANIMALIA; PISCES;

EID: 0034832749     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(01)00077-5     Document Type: Article

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