Phylogenetically-Informed Priorities for Amphibian Conservation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Isaac, Nick J B ^a   Redding, David W ^b   Meredith, Helen M ^c   Safi, Kamran ^d,e  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMATIDAE; AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; CAECILIIDAE; CLADISTICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHM; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYNOBIIDAE; ICHTHYOPHIIDAE; LIMNODYNASTIDAE; MANTILLIDAE; MICROHYLIDAE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MYOBATRACHIDAE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PIPIDAE; RHINATREMATIDAE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 84865596367     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043912     Document Type: Article

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