Global Patterns of Evolutionary Distinct and Globally Endangered Amphibians and Mammals

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Safi, Kamran ^a,b,c   Armour Marshall, Katrina ^d   Baillie, Jonathan E M ^c   Isaac, Nick J B ^e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CENTRAL AMERICA; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY DISTINCTIVENESS; EVOLUTIONARY DISTINCTIVENESS AND GLOBAL ENDANGERMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MADAGASCAR; MAMMAL; NEOTROPICS; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MAMMALS;

EID: 84877758130     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063582     Document Type: Article

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