Identifying anomalous reports of putatively extinct species and why it matters: Contributed paper

Conservation Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 189-196

  Roberts, David L ^a,b   Elphick, Chris S ^c   Reed, J Michael ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critically endangered; Data quality; Extinction; IUCN Red List; Museum specimens; Sighting record; Species persistence

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION; MUSEUM; PERSISTENCE; RARE SPECIES; RED LIST;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL;

AVES; CAMPEPHILUS; CAMPEPHILUS PRINCIPALIS; HEMIGNATHUS LUCIDUS; NUMENIUS BOREALIS; PAROREOMYZA MACULATA;

EID: 74549173502     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01292.x     Document Type: Article

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