A synergistic effect puts rare, specialized species at greater risk of extinction

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 265-271

  Davies, Kendi F ^a,c   Margules, Chris R ^b   Lawrence, John F ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beetles; Biodiversity; Body size; Extinction risk; Forest; Fragmentation; Habitat specialization; Matrix; Population dynamics; Rarity; Trophic group

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION RISK; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RARITY; SYNERGISM;

COLEOPTERA;

EID: 1342311321     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-0110     Document Type: Article

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