Historical bird and terrestrial mammal extinction rates and causes

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 84-91

  Loehle, Craig ^a   Eschenbach, Willis ^b  

^a NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR AIR AND STREAM IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Deforestation; Endangered species; Extinction risk; Reserve design

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DATABASE; DEFORESTATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION; EXTINCTION RISK; HISTORICAL RECORD; HUNTING; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISOLATED POPULATION; MAMMAL; PREDATOR; RESERVE DESIGN; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 83055180765     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00856.x     Document Type: Article

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