Biological correlates of description date in carnivores and primates

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 459-467

  Collen, Ben ^a,b   Purvis, Andy ^a   Gittleman, John L ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Conservation; Geographical range; Hotspots; Independent contrasts; Mammal

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PHYLOGENETICS; PRIMATE; THEORETICAL STUDY; BODY MASS; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONSERVATION STATUS; PROTECTED AREA; RANGE SIZE;

MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 4344702851     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-822X.2004.00121.x     Document Type: Article

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