Integration of palaeontological, historical, and geographical data on the extinction of koa-finches

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 441-451

  James, Helen F ^a,b   Price, Jonathan P ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

Author keywords

Drepanidini; Extinction risk; Geographical range; Hawaiian finches; Hawaiian honeycreepers; Human impacts

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; EXTINCTION RISK; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GIS; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; PALEONTOLOGY; PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE;

ACACIA; ACACIA KOA; ACACIA KOAIA; DREPANIDINAE; FABACEAE; FRINGILLIDAE; RHODACANTHIS;

EID: 42149131612     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2007.00442.x     Document Type: Article

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