Scientific Foundations for an IUCN Red List of Ecosystems

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Keith, David A ^a,b   Rodríguez, Jon Paul ^c,d,e,f   Rodríguez Clark, Kathryn M ^c   Nicholson, Emily ^g   Aapala, Kaisu ^h   Alonso, Alfonso ⁱ   Asmussen, Marianne ^c,e   Bachman, Steven ^j   Basset, Alberto ^k   Barrow, Edmund G ^l   Benson, John S ^m   Bishop, Melanie J ⁿ   Bonifacio, Ronald ^o   Brooks, Thomas M ^f,p   Burgman, Mark A ^g   Comer, Patrick ^p   Comín, Francisco A ^q   Essl, Franz ^r,s   Faber Langendoen, Don ^p   Fairweather, Peter G ^t   Holdaway, Robert J ^u   Jennings, Michael ^v   Kingsford, Richard T ^a   Lester, Rebecca E ^w   Nally, Ralph Mac ^x   McCarthy, Michael A ^g   Moat, Justin ^j   Oliveira Miranda, María A ^d   Pisanu, Phil ^o   Poulin, Brigitte ^y   Regan, Tracey J ^g   Riecken, Uwe ^z   Spalding, Mark D ^aa   Zambrano Martínez, Sergio ^c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^d PROVITA   (Venezuela)

^e ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^f IUCN   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^h FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

ⁱ SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^l IUCN Global Ecosystem Management Programme   (Kenya)

^m ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS AND DOMAIN TRUST   (Australia)

ⁿ MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^o Science Resource Centre   (Australia)

^p NATURESERVE   (United States)

^q INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^r ENVIRONMENT AGENCY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

^s UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^t FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^u LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^v UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^w DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^x MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^y STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^z Federal Agency for Nature Conservation   (Germany)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM COLLAPSE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES EXTINCTION; THEORY;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84877264727     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062111     Document Type: Article

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