What are the best correlates of predicted extinction risk?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 513-520

  O'Grady, Julian J ^a   Reed, David H ^a,d   Brook, Barry W ^b   Frankham, Richard ^a,c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Extinction risk; Population size; Population trend; State of the environment; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXTINCTION RISK; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE; VULNERABILITY;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1842856122     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2003.10.002     Document Type: Article

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