Identifying species' characteristics associated with natural population die-offs in mammals

Animal Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 35-43

  Ameca y Juarez E I ^a,b   Mace, G M ^c   Cowlishaw, G ^a   Pettorelli, N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Extreme natural events; Mammals; Population die off; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; MAMMAL; POPULATION DECLINE; RANGE SIZE; VULNERABILITY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84892480995     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acv.12053     Document Type: Article

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