The importance of time scale in conservation biology and ecology

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 459-463

  Frankham, Richard ^a,c   Brook, Barry W ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; TIMESCALE;

EID: 3142599163     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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