Extrinsic factors and the population sizes of threatened birds

Ecology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 568-576

  Blackburn, Tim M ^a   Gaston, Kevin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altitude; Biogeographical region; Birds; Geographical range size; Habitat; Population size; Threat

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIRD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; POPULATION SIZE;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 0036311654     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2002.00360.x     Document Type: Article

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