The frequency and severity of catastrophic die-offs in vertebrates

Animal Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 109-114

  Reed, David H ^a,b   O'Grady, Julian J ^a   Ballou, Jonathan D ^c   Frankham, Richard ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHE THEORY; MASS EXTINCTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; VERTEBRATE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 14044255985     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943003003147     Document Type: Article

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