Trajectories from extinction: Where are missing mammals rediscovered?

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 415-425

  Fisher, Diana O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological invasion; Elevation; Extinction trajectory; Habitat loss; Mammals; Overkill; Rediscovery

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; EXTINCTION; HABITAT LOSS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION PRESSURE; RARITY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 79953803276     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00624.x     Document Type: Article

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