Subpopulations, locations and fragmentation: Applying IUCN red list criteria to herbarium specimen data

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2071-2085

  Rivers, Malin C ^a,b   Bachman, Steven P ^a   Meagher, Thomas R ^b   Lughadha, Eimear Nic ^a   Brummitt, Neil A ^a,c  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extinction risk; Fragmentation; GIS; Herbarium specimens; IUCN red list; Leguminosae; Location; Madagascar; Subpopulation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EXTINCTION RISK; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GIS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HERBARIUM; LEGUME; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RED LIST; SUBPOPULATION;

MADAGASCAR;

DELONIX; FABACEAE;

EID: 77952905195     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-010-9826-9     Document Type: Article

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