Correlates of extinction proneness in tropical angiosperms

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-10

  Sodhi, Navjot S ^a   Koh, Lian Pin ^b   Peh, Kelvin S H ^c   Tan, Hugh T W ^a   Chazdon, Robin L ^d   Corlett, Richard T ^e   Lee, Tien Ming ^f   Colwell, Robert K ^d   Brook, Barry W ^g,i   Sekercioglu, Cagan H ^h   Bradshaw, Corey J A ^g  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Extinction risk; Generalized linear mixed effects models; Life history; Phylogenetic control; Selectivity; Species traits; Tropical biotas; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CONSERVATION; EVERGREEN FOREST; EXTINCTION RISK; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LIFE HISTORY; ORNITHOPHILY; PHYLOGENETICS; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; RAINFOREST; SEED DISPERSAL; ZOOPHILY;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 37149027819     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2007.00398.x     Document Type: Article

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