Habitat loss and extinction in the hotspots of biodiversity

Conservation Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 909-923

  Brooks, Thomas M ^a   Mittermeier, Russell A ^b   Mittermeier, Cristina G ^b   Da Fonseca, Gustavo A B ^a   Rylands, Anthony B ^a   Konstant, William R ^b   Flick, Penny ^a   Pilgrim, John ^a   Oldfield, Sara ^c   Magin, Georgina ^c   Hilton Taylor, Craig ^d  

^a Center for Applied Biodiversity Science   (United States)

^b Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^c FAUNA AND FLORA INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Species Survival Commission   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXTINCTION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; TRACHEOPHYTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036329635     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2002.00530.x     Document Type: Article

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