Adapting global biodiversity indicators to the national scale: A Red List Index for Australian birds

Biological Conservation

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-68

  Szabo, Judit K ^a   Butchart, Stuart H M ^b   Possingham, Hugh P ^c   Garnett, Stephen T ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Biodiversity trends; Birds; IUCN Red List; State of the environment; Threatened taxa

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; CONSERVATION GENETICS; EXTINCTION RISK; GENETIC VARIATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; RED LIST; SEABIRD; WADER;

AUSTRALIA;

AVES;

EID: 84858293254     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.01.062     Document Type: Article

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