Native, alien, endemic, threatened, and extinct species diversity in European countries

Biological Conservation

Volumn 164, Issue , 2013, Pages 90-97

  Essl, Franz ^a   Moser, Dietmar ^a,b   Dirnböck, Thomas ^a   Dullinger, Stefan ^b,c   Milasowszky, Norbert ^c   Winter, Marten ^d,e   Rabitsch, Wolfgang ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT AGENCY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

^b Vienna Institute for Nature Conservation and Analyses   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^e GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alien species; Endemic species; Extinct species; Hotspots; Red Lists; Species diversity; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DISPERSAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXTINCTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; RED LIST; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; VASCULAR PLANT; VERTEBRATE;

EUROPE;

AMPHIBIA; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); AVES; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CAELIFERA; MAMMALIA; PAPILIONOIDEA; REPTILIA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84878924228     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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