Estimating local extinction rates over successive time-frames

Biological Conservation

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 281-287

  Shaw, Philip ^a  

^a SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Butterfly; Extinction; Insect; Scotland; Transient species

Indexed keywords

BASELINE CONDITIONS; BUTTERFLY; EXTINCTION; INSECT; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

INSECTA;

EID: 4344685064     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.05.004     Document Type: Article

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