Trend in the status of breeding bird fauna in British Columbia, Canada, based on the IUCN red list index method

Conservation Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1241-1247

  Quayle, James F ^a   Ramsay, Leah R ^a   Fraser, David F ^a  

^a Ministry of Environment British Columbia   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia fauna; Endangered species; IUCN Red List indicator; NatureServe; State of environment; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; IMMIGRATION; RED LIST; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES;

EID: 34648846366     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00753.x     Document Type: Article

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