Going, going, gone: Is animal migration disappearing?

PLoS Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1361-1364

  Wilcove, David S ^a,b   Wikelski, Martin ^a,c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTELOPE; BREEDING; GRASSLAND; NONHUMAN; POLITICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; REVIEW; SCIENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 48349101104     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060188     Document Type: Review

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