Conservation of endangered species and the patterns and propensities of biodiversity

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 326, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Currie, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity loss; Habitat loss; Karl Popper; Propensity

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDE;

BIODIVERSITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT LOSS; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CANADA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ECOLOGY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDICTION; REVIEW; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES HABITAT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 0141829094     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1631-0691(03)00045-3     Document Type: Review

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