Extrinsic versus intrinsic factors in the decline and extinction of Australian marsupials

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1526, 2003, Pages 1801-1808

  Fisher, Diana O ^a   Blomberg, Simon P ^a   Owens, Ian P F ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endangered species; Extinction; Introduced species; Mammals; Multiple imputation; Phylogenetic comparative methods

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE; DIET; EXTINCTION RISK; HABITAT USE; MARSUPIAL; POPULATION DECLINE; RANGE SIZE; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; FOX; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LONGEVITY; MALE; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REPRODUCTION; RISK; SHEEP; SPECIES EXTINCTION; VERTEBRATE;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0041331754     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2447     Document Type: Article

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