Building on IUCN regional red lists to produce lists of species of conservation priority: A model with Irish bees

Conservation Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1324-1332

  Fitzpatrick, Úna ^a   Murray, Tomás E ^b   Paxton, Robert J ^b   Brown, Mark J F ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bees; Conservation priorities; Endangered species; Extinction; Insect conservation; Red lists; Risk assessment; World Conservation Union (IUCN)

Indexed keywords

BEE; EXTINCTION RISK; RED LIST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FACTUAL DATABASE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; IRELAND; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; BEES; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; IRELAND; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 34648819943     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00782.x     Document Type: Article

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