National threatened species listing based on IUCN criteria and regional guidelines: Current status and future perspectives

Conservation Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 684-696

  Miller, Rebecca M ^a   Rodríguez, Jon Paul ^a,b   Aniskowicz Fowler, Theresa ^c   Bambaradeniya, Channa ^d   Boles, Ruben ^c   Eaton, Mark A ^e   Gärdenfors, Ulf ^f   Keller, Verena ^g   Molur, Sanjay ^h   Walker, Sally ^h   Pollock, Caroline ⁱ  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b Provita   (Venezuela)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d Sri Lanka Country Office   (Sri Lanka)

^e RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^f Box 7007   (Sweden)

^g SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^h Zoo Outreach Organisation   (India)

ⁱ IUCN/SSC Red List Programme   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment criteria; Conservation priorities; Endangered species; Extinction; Red lists; Risk assessment; World Conservation Union (IUCN)

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATA COLLECTION; GUIDELINES;

EID: 34249058034     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00656.x     Document Type: Article

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