Extinction-rate estimates for a modern Neotropical flora

Conservation Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1427-1431

  Pitman, Nigel C A ^a   Jørgensen, Peter M ^b   Williams, Robert S R ^c   León Yánez, Susana ^d   Valencia, Renato ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^c Biosphere Consultants   (Ecuador)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION; FLORA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 18644380515     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2002.01259.x     Document Type: Article

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