Evolutionary distinctiveness, threat status, and ecological oddity in primates

Conservation Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1052-1058

  Redding, David W ^a   Dewolff, Curt V ^a   Mooers, Arne Ø ^a,b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation priorities; Phylogenetic isolation; Triage

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BODY MASS; DIET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HOME RANGE; NATURE CONSERVATION; PHYLOGENETICS; PRIMATE; RANKING; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRIMATES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION;

PRIMATES;

EID: 77954721891     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01532.x     Document Type: Article

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