A novel approach for global mammal extinction risk reduction

Conservation Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 134-141

  Di Marco, Moreno ^a   Cardillo, Marcel ^b   Possingham, Hugh P ^c   Wilson, Kerrie A ^c   Blomberg, Simon P ^a   Boitani, Luigi ^a   Rondinini, Carlo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benefit metric; Extinction risk models; Multiple imputation; Spatial conservation prioritization; Species recovery; Terrestrial mammals; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84859562986     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2011.00219.x     Document Type: Article

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