Data uncertainty and the selectivity of extinction risk in freshwater invertebrates

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1211-1220

  Bland, Lucie M ^a,b   Collen, Ben ^a   Orme, C David L ^b   Bielby, Jon ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crayfish; Data deficient; Dragonflies; Extinction risk; Freshwater crabs; IUCN

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; CRAB; CRAYFISH; DATA SET; DRAGONFLY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; PRIORITIZATION; RED LIST; RESEARCH WORK; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TAXONOMY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); ASTACOIDEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 84868548219     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2012.00914.x     Document Type: Article

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