Limits to the use of threatened species lists

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 503-507

  Possingham, Hugh P ^a   Andelman, Sandy J ^b   Burgman, Mark A ^c   Medellín, Rodrigo A ^d   Master, Larry L ^e   Keith, David A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e NatureServe   (United States)

^f NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; SPECIES INVENTORY;

ACCURACY; BIODIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

EID: 0036837139     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(02)02614-9     Document Type: Review

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