Mammals on the EDGE: Conservation priorities based on threat and phylogeny

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Isaac, Nick J B ^a   Turvey, Samuel T ^a   Collen, Ben ^a   Waterman, Carly ^a   Baillie, Jonathan E M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLADISTICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY DISTINCT AND GLOBALLY ENDANGERED SPECIE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TAXONOMIC RANK; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TIME;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EVOLUTION; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; MAMMALS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME;

EID: 55849110019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000296     Document Type: Article

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