Applying IUCN red-listing criteria for assessing and reporting on the conservation status of fungal species

Fungal Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 147-162

  Dahlberg, Anders ^a   Mueller, Gregory M ^b,c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation biology; Fungi; IUCN; Red listing

Indexed keywords

FUNGI;

EID: 79952073505     PISSN: 17545048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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