Evolution: Multiple causes of high extinction risk in large mammal species

Science

Volumn 309, Issue 5738, 2005, Pages 1239-1241

  Cardillo, Marcel ^a,b   Mace, Georgina M ^b   Jones, Kate E ^c,e   Bielby, Jon ^b   Bininda Emonds, Olaf R P ^d   Sechrest, Wes ^c,f   Orme, C David L ^a   Purvis, Andy ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^f Conservation International ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; EXTINCTION RISKS; REPRODUCTIVE RATES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; EXTINCTION RISK; MAMMAL;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES EXTINCTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HOMING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; WEANING;

EID: 23844468767     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1116030     Document Type: Article

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