Threat to the point: Improving the value of comparative extinction risk analysis for conservation action

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 483-494

  Murray, Kris A ^a   Verde Arregoitia, Luis D ^b   Davidson, Ana ^c   Di Marco, Moreno ^d   Di Fonzo, Martina M I ^b  

^a ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Declines; Extrinsic traits; Intrinsic traits; IUCN Red List; Management; Prediction; Prioritization; Threats

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EXTINCTION RISK; PRIORITIZATION; RED LIST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DECLINES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVALUATION STUDY; EXTRINSIC TRAITS; INTRINSIC TRAITS; IUCN RED LIST; MAMMAL; MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES EXTINCTION; THREATS;

BIODIVERSITY; DECLINES; EXTRINSIC TRAITS; INTRINSIC TRAITS; IUCN RED LIST; MANAGEMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITIZATION; THREATS;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84891651431     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12366     Document Type: Article

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