Global distribution and conservation of rare and threatened vertebrates

Nature

Volumn 444, Issue 7115, 2006, Pages 93-96

  Grenyer, Richard ^a,j   Orme, C David L ^b   Jackson, Sarah F ^c   Thomas, Gavin H ^b,d   Davies, Richard G ^c   Davies, T Jonathan ^a,l   Jones, Kate E ^e   Olson, Valerie A ^e,k   Ridgely, Robert S ^f   Rasmussen, Pamela C ^g   Ding, Tzung Su ^h   Bennett, Peter M ^e   Blackburn, Tim M ^d   Gaston, Kevin J ^c   Gittleman, John L ^a,l   Owens, Ian P F ^b,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^f ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

ⁱ NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^j JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^k University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; NATURAL RESOURCES;

AMPHIBIAN SPECIES; EXTINCTION-PRONE SPECIES; GLOBAL CONSERVATION;

BIODIVERSITY;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; RARE SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; VERTEBRATE;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; DATA BASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MAMMAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TAXONOMY; VERTEBRATE;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33750602888     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05237     Document Type: Article

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