High variability in patterns of population decline: The importance of local processes in species extinctions

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1654, 2009, Pages 63-69

  Cowlishaw, Guy ^a   Pettifor, Richard A ^a   Isaac, Nick J B ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Extinction; Population decline; Primates

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTINCTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; POPULATION DECLINE; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

PRIMATES;

EID: 58149216509     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0767     Document Type: Article

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