Global Patterns and Drivers of Avian Extinctions at the Species and Subspecies Level

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Szabo, Judit K ^a   Khwaja, Nyil ^b   Garnett, Stephen T ^a   Butchart, Stuart H M ^b  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FRENCH POLYNESIA; GEOGRAPHY; LIVESTOCK; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SUBSPECIES; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; NEW ZEALAND; POLYNESIA;

EID: 84867290308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047080     Document Type: Article

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