How many bird extinctions have we prevented?

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Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 266-278

  Butchart, Stuart H M ^a   Stattersfield, Alison J ^a   Collar, Nigel J ^a  

^a BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation action; Critically Endangered; Exploitation; Extinction; Invasive species; IUCN Red List

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; BREEDING; EXTINCTION RISK; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AVES;

EID: 33748082120     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605306000950     Document Type: Article

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