Assessing extinction risk in the absence of species-level data: Quantitative criteria for terrestrial ecosystems

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 183-209

  Rodríguez, Jon Paul ^a,b   Balch, Jennifer K ^a,b,c   Rodríguez Clark, Kathryn M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b Provita   (Venezuela)

^c Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Endangered; Extinction risk; IUCN Red Lists; Land cover change; Remotely sensed data; Terrestrial ecosystems; Threatened

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDEMISM; EXTINCTION RISK; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RED LIST; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE DATA; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TROPICAL FOREST; VULNERABILITY;

AFRICA; ASIA; ATLANTIC FOREST; BORNEO; BRAZIL; EURASIA; GUASARE RIVER; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; MARGARITA ISLAND; MATO GROSSO; NUEVA ESPARTA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; VENEZUELA; ZULIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33846957696     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-006-9102-1     Document Type: Article

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