The changing fates of the world's mammals

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1578, 2011, Pages 2598-2610

  Hoffmann, Michael ^a,b,c   Belant, Jerrold L ^d   Chanson, Janice S ^a   Cox, Neil A ^a,c   Lamoreux, John ^a   Rodrigues, Ana S L ^e   Schipper, Jan ^f   Stuart, Simon N ^a,b,c,g,h  

^a IUCN   (Switzerland)

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

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

^d MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^g University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Biodiversity indicators; Conservation action; Conservation status; Extinction risk; IUCN Red List; Threat category

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CAPTIVE BREEDING; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; EXTINCTION RISK; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HUNTING; MAMMAL; RED LIST; REINTRODUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAMMAL; METHODOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; MAMMALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 80051639152     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0116     Document Type: Article

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