A new method for identifying rapid decline dynamics in wild vertebrate populations

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2378-2391

  Di Fonzo, Martina ^a,b,c   Collen, Ben ^a,d   Mace, Georgina M ^b,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation prioritization; Curve fitting; Extinction risk; Second derivative switch points; Threatening process

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886281727     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.596     Document Type: Article

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