Variability in life-history and ecological traits is a buffer against extinction in mammals

Ecology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 242-251

  González Suárez, Manuela ^a   Revilla, Eloy ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Comparative studies; Intraspecific variation; Mammalia; PanTHERIA; Red List; Taxonomically informed regression; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; BODY MASS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EXTINCTION RISK; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LITTER SIZE; MAMMAL; POPULATION DENSITY; RED LIST; SEXUAL MATURITY; VULNERABILITY;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MAMMALS; POPULATION DENSITY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84872610859     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12035     Document Type: Article

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