The value of the IUCN Red List for conservation

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 71-76

  Rodrigues, Ana S L ^a   Pilgrim, John D ^a   Lamoreux, John F ^b   Hoffmann, Michael ^a   Brooks, Thomas M ^a,b  

^a Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; RED LIST;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA;

EID: 31344462946     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2005.10.010     Document Type: Article

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