National Red Lists: The largest global market for IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 193-198

  Rodríguez, Jon Paul ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b Provita   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Assessment of extinction risk; Conservation priorities; IUCN Red List; National Red Lists; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; NATURE CONSERVATION; RED LIST; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAXONOMY;

EID: 65349175926     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00129     Document Type: Article

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