Dynamics of extinction and the selection of nature reserves

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1504, 2002, Pages 1971-1980

  Araújo, Miguel B ^a   Williams, Paul H ^a   Fuller, Robert J ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Area selection; Persistence; Probabilities of extinction; Probabilities of occurrence; Range contraction; Range expansion

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION; NATURE RESERVE; RANGE EXPANSION; SITE SELECTION;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 41049099857     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2121     Document Type: Article

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