Phylogenetic, spatial and environmental components of extinction risk in carnivores

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 352-362

  Safi, Kamran ^a   Pettorelli, Nathalie ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carnivora; Conservation; Eigenvector; Extinction risk; Phylogenetic signal; Predictive model; Spatial signal

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; EIGENVALUE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXTINCTION RISK; LIFE HISTORY; MACROECOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CARNIVORA;

EID: 77954201306     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00523.x     Document Type: Article

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