Extinction-proneness of island species - Causes and management implications

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-9

  Simberloff, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Disharmony; Endemism; Equilibrium theory; Extinction; Impoverishment; Islands; Saturation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040185912     PISSN: 02172445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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