Correlates of rediscovery and the detectability of extinction in mammals

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1708, 2011, Pages 1090-1097

  Fisher, Diana O ^a   Blomberg, Simon P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Extinction rate; Habitat loss; Introduced predators; Mammal extinction; Overkill; Rediscovery

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; CORRELATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXTINCTION; HABITAT LOSS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MAMMAL; PROBABILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 84874954343     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1579     Document Type: Article

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