Opportunistic exploitation: An overlooked pathway to extinction

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 409-413

  Branch, Trevor A ^a   Lobo, Aaron S ^b   Purcell, Steven W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NATURE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION   (India)

^c SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXPLOITATION; EXTINCTION RISK; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POPULATION DECLINE; RARE SPECIES; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INVERTEBRATE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TREE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; INVERTEBRATES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREES; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84879463684     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2013.03.003     Document Type: Review

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