The consistency of extinction risk classification protocols

Conservation Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1969-1977

  Regan, Tracey J ^a   Burgman, Mark A ^b   McCarthy, Michaela ^b   Master, Lawrence L ^c   Keith, David A ^d   Mace, Georgina M ^e   Andelman, Sandy J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NatureServe   (United States)

^d NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

^e INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification protocols; Conservation status; IUCN Red List; NatureServe; Operator error; Threatened species lists; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXTINCTION RISK; RED LIST; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33244471723     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00235.x     Document Type: Article

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