Improving estimates of biodiversity loss

Biological Conservation

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-34

  Mendenhall, Chase D ^a   Daily, Gretchen C ^a   Ehrlich, Paul R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Countryside biogeography; Endemics area relationship; Extinction rates; Population diversity; Species area relationship

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AVIFAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EXTINCTION; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT TYPE; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; NATIVE SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TROPICAL REGION;

AVES;

EID: 84862008348     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.01.069     Document Type: Review

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