Use of basic biological information for rapid prediction of the response of species to habitat loss

Conservation Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-71

  Hockey, Philip A R ^a   Curtis, Odette E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Birds; Body mass; Diet specialization; Extinction risk; Extinction risk classification; Habitat loss; Habitat specialization; Lemurs; Range size

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DIET; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; HABITAT LOSS; PREDICTION; PRIMATE; RANGE SIZE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MADAGASCAR; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES EXTINCTION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY WEIGHT; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; LEMUR; MADAGASCAR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

ACCIPITRIDAE; AVES; BUCEROTIDAE; LEMURIDAE; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 58249119564     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.01028.x     Document Type: Article

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