A framework for predicting species extinction by linking population dynamics with habitat loss

Conservation Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-156

  Tanentzap, Andrew J ^a   Walker, Susan ^a   Theo Stephens, R T ^b   Lee, William G ^a,c  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Extinction crisis; Fragmentation; Island biogeography; Metapopulations; Sampling theory; Species area relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859621293     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2011.00221.x     Document Type: Article

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