Extinction debt on oceanic Islands

Ecography

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 285-294

  Triantis, Kostas A ^a   Borges, Paulo A V ^a,b   Ladle, Richard J ^b   Hortal, Joaquín ^c,d,e   Cardoso, Pedro ^b   Gaspar, Clara ^b   Dinis, Francisco ^b   Mendonça, Enésima ^b   Silveira, Lúcia M A ^b   Gabriel, Rosalina ^b   Melo, Catarina ^b   Santos, Ana M C ^e   Amorim, Isabel R ^b   Ribeiro, Sérvio P ^f   Serrano, Artur R M ^g   Quartau, José A ^h   Whittaker, Robert J ^a,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DEFORESTATION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FUTURE PROSPECT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; SAMPLING; SURVIVAL;

AZORES; CANARY ISLANDS; GRACIOSA [LAS PALMAS]; LAS PALMAS; PORTUGAL; SPAIN;

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 78651251513     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06203.x     Document Type: Article

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