The impact of conservation on the status of the world's vertebrates

Science

Volumn 330, Issue 6010, 2010, Pages 1503-1509

  Hoffmann, Michael ^a,b   Hilton Taylor, Craig ^c   Angulo, Ariadne ^d,e   Böhm, Monika ^f   Brooks, Thomas M ^g,h,i   Butchart, Stuart H M ^j   Carpenter, Kent E ^b,e,k   Chanson, Janice ^e,l   Collen, Ben ^f   Cox, Neil A ^e,m   Darwall, William R T ^c   Dulvy, Nicholas K ⁿ   Harrison, Lucy R ⁿ   Katariya, Vineet ^c   Pollock, Caroline M ^c   Quader, Suhel ^o   Richman, Nadia I ^f   Rodrigues, Ana S L ^p   Tognelli, Marcelo F ^e,m,q   Vié, Jean Christophe ^e   Aguiar, John M ^r   Allen, David J ^c   Allen, Gerald R ^s   Amori, Giovanni ^t   Ananjeva, Natalia B ^u   Andreone, Franco ^v   Andrew, Paul ^w   Ortiz, Aida Luz Aquino ^x   Baillie, Jonathan E M ^y   Baldi, Ricardo ^z,aa   Bell, Ben D ^ab   Biju, S D ^ac   Bird, Jeremy P ^ad   Black Decima, Patricia ^ae   Blanc, J Julian ^x   Bolaños, Federico ^af   Bolivar G , Wilmar ^ag   Burfield, Ian J ^j   Burton, James A ^ah,ai   Capper, David R ^x   Castro, Fernando ^ag   Catullo, Gianluca ^aj   Cavanagh, Rachel D ^ak   Channing, Alan ^al   Chao, Ning Labbish ^am,an,ao   Chenery, Anna M ^a   Chiozza, Federica ^ap   Clausnitzer, Viola ^aq   Collar, Nigel J ^j   Collett, Leah C ^c   Collette, Bruce B ^ar   Cortez Fernandez, Claudia F ^as   Craig, Matthew T ^at   Crosby, Michael J ^j   Cumberlidge, Neil ^au   Cuttelod, Annabelle ^c   Derocher, Andrew E ^av   Diesmos, Arvin C ^aw   Donaldson, John S ^ax   Duckworth, J W ^x   Dutson, Guy ^x   Dutta, S K ^ay   Emslie, Richard H ^az   Farjon, Aljos ^ba   Fowler, Sarah ^bb   Freyhof, Jörg ^bc   Garshelis, David L ^bd   Gerlach, Justin ^be   Gower, David J ^bf   Grant, Tandora D ^bg   Hammerson, Geoffrey A ^bh   Harris, Richard B ^bi   Heaney, Lawrence R ^bj   Hedges, S Blair ^bk   Hero, Jean Marc ^bl   Hughes, Baz ^bm   Hussain, Syed Ainul ^bn   Icochea M , Javier ^bo   Inger, Robert F ^bj   Ishii, Nobuo ^bp   Iskandar, Djoko T ^bq   Jenkins, Richard K B ^br,bs,bt   Kaneko, Yoshio ^bu   Kottelat, Maurice ^x,bv   Kovacs, Kit M ^bw   Kuzmin, Sergius L ^bx   La Marca, Enrique ^by   Lamoreux, John F ^e,bz   Lau, Michael W N ^ca   Lavilla, Esteban O ^cb   Leus, Kristin ^cc   Lewison, Rebecca L ^cd   Lichtenstein, Gabriela ^ce   Livingstone, Suzanne R ^cf   Lukoschek, Vimoksalehi ^cg,ch   Mallon, David P ^ci   McGowan, Philip J K ^cj   McIvor, Anna ^x   Moehlman, Patricia D ^ck   Molur, Sanjay ^cl   Alonso, Antonio Muñoz ^cm   Musick, John A ^cn   Nowell, Kristin ^co   Nussbaum, Ronald A ^cp   Olech, Wanda ^cq   Orlov, Nikolay L ^u   Papenfuss, Theodore J ^cr   Parra Olea, Gabriela ^cs   Perrin, William F ^ct   Polidoro, Beth A ^e,k   Pourkazemi, Mohammad ^cu   Racey, Paul A ^cv   Ragle, James S ^e   Ram, Mala ^f   Rathbun, Galen ^cw   Reynolds, Robert P ^ar   Rhodin, Anders G J ^cx   Richards, Stephen J ^cy,cz   Rodríguez, Lily O ^da   Ron, Santiago R ^db   Rondinini, Carlo ^ap   Rylands, Anthony B ^b   De Mitcheson, Yvonne Sadovy ^dc,dd   Sanciangco, Jonnell C ^e,k   Sanders, Kate L ^de   Santos Barrera, Georgina ^cs   Schipper, Jan ^df   Self Sullivan, Caryn ^dg,dh   Shi, Yichuan ^c   Shoemaker, Alan ^di   Short, Frederick T ^dj   Sillero Zubiri, Claudio ^dk   Silvano, Débora L ^dl   Smith, Kevin G ^c   Smith, Andrew T ^dm   Snoeks, Jos ^dn,do   Stattersfield, Alison J ^j   Symes, Andrew J ^j   Taber, Andrew B ^dp   Talukdar, Bibhab K ^dq   Temple, Helen J ^dr   Timmins, Rob ^x   Tobias, Joseph A ^dk   Tsytsulina, Katerina ^ds   Tweddle, Denis ^dt   Ubeda, Carmen ^du   Valenti, Sarah V ^bb   Van Dijk, Peter Paul ^b   Veiga, Liza M ^dv,dw   Veloso, Alberto ^dx   Wege, David C ^j   Wilkinson, Mark ^bf   Williamson, Elizabeth A ^dy   Xie, Feng ^dz   Young, Bruce E ^g   Akçakaya, H Resit ^ea   Bennun, Leon ^j   Blackburn, Tim M ^f   Boitani, Luigi ^ap   Dublin, Holly T ^eb,ec   Da Fonseca, Gustavo A B ^ed,ee   Gascon, Claude ^b   Lacher Jr , Thomas E ^r   Mace, Georgina M ^ef   Mainka, Susan A ^e   McNeely, Jeffery A ^e   Mittermeier, Russell A ^b,e   Reid, Gordon McGregor ^eg   Rodriguez, Jon Paul ^eh,ei   Rosenberg, Andrew A ^b   Samways, Michael J ^ej   Smart, Jane ^e   Stein, Bruce A ^ek   Stuart, Simon N ^a,b,el,em   more..

^a UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^c IUCN   (United Kingdom)

^d IUCN CI Biodiversity Assessment Unit   (Canada)

^e IUCN   (Switzerland)

^f INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^g NATURESERVE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS   (Philippines)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^j BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^k OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l IUCN CI Biodiversity Assessment Unit   (Australia)

^m IUCN CI Biodiversity Assessment Unit   (United States)

ⁿ SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^o TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^p CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^q LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^r TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^s WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^t CNR   (Italy)

^u ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^v MUSEO REGIONALE DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^w TARONGA CONSERVATION SOCIETY AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^x Centro Nacional Patagónico CONICET ^*  (United States)

^y ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^z CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^aa WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Argentina)

^ab VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^ad Center for Biodiversity and Biosecurity Studies   (Indonesia)

^ae UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^af UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^ag UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^ah EARTHWATCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^aj WWF Italy   (Italy)

^ak BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^al UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^am Bio Amazonia Conservation International   (United States)

^an FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^ao NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MARINE BIOLOGY AND AQUARIUM   (Taiwan)

^ap SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^aq SENCKENBERG MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY GÖRLITZ   (Germany)

^ar DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^as Edificio Girasoles 2   (Bolivia)

^at UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^au NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^av UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^aw National Museum of the Philippines   (Philippines)

^ax SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^ay NORTH ORISSA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^az IUCN African Rhino Specialist Group   (South Africa)

^ba ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^bb Nature Conservation Bureau Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^bc LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^bd MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^be Nature Protection Trust of Seychelles   (United Kingdom)

^bf DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^bg INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^bh NatureServe   (United States)

^bi UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^bj FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^bk PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^bl GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^bm WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^bn WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

^bo Dpto U 2   (Peru)

^bp TOKYO WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^bq BANDUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Indonesia)

^br UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^bs BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^bt MADAGASIKARA VOAKAJY   (Madagascar)

^bu IWATE PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^bv NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^bw NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^bx SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

^by UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^bz IUCN Species Programme   (United States)

^ca Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden   (Hong Kong)

^cb FUNDACIÓN MIGUEL LILLO   (Argentina)

^cc IUCN SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group   (Belgium)

^cd SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ce INAPL Instituto Nacional de Antropología y Pensamiento Latinoamericano   (Argentina)

^cf UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^cg UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^ch JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^ci MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^cj NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^ck Wildlife Trust Alliance   (Tanzania)

^cl Zoo Outreach Organisation   (India)

^cm DEPARTAMENTO DE CONSERVACIÓN DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD   (Mexico)

^cn VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^co CAT   (United States)

^cp UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^cq WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^cr UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^cs UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^ct NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^cu INTERNATIONAL STURGEON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^cv UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^cw CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^cx Chelonian Research Foundation   (United States)

^cy SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^cz Rapid Assessment Program   (Australia)

^da Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

^db PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^dc UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^dd Society for the Conservation of Reef Fish Aggregations   (United States)

^de UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^df UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^dg Sirenian International   (United States)

^dh GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^di IUCN Tapir Specialist Group   (United States)

^dj UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^dk UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^dl UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE BRASÍLIA   (Brazil)

^dm ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^dn ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^do UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^dp CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^dq Aaranyak and International Rhino Foundation   (India)

^dr Biodiversity Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

^ds National Institute of Biological Resources   (South Korea)

^dt SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^du LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^dv MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^dw FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^dx UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^dy UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^dz CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^ea STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^eb African Elephant Specialist Group   (Kenya)

^ec WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^ed Global Environment Facility   (United States)

^ee FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^ef IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^eg CHESTER ZOO   (United Kingdom)

^eh INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^ei Provita   (Venezuela)

^ej STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^ek National Wildlife Federation   (United States)

^el University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^em Al Ain Wildlife Park and Resort   (United Arab Emirates)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; RED LIST; VERTEBRATE;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; DETERIORATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MAMMALS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VERTEBRATES;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78650169956     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1194442     Document Type: Article

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