Prominent role of invasive species in avian biodiversity loss

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2043-2049

  Clavero, Miguel ^a,b   Brotons, Lluís ^a   Pons, Pere ^b   Sol, Daniel ^c  

^a Centre Tecnologic Forestal de Catalunya   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biotic homogenization; Extinction drivers; Extinction risk; Habitat destruction; Invasive species; Islands

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISLAND; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; RED LIST; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

AVES;

EID: 68549122680     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.03.034     Document Type: Article

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