Drivers of extinction risk in african mammals: The interplay of distribution state, human pressure, conservation response and species biology

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1643, 2014, Pages

  Di Marco, Moreno ^a   Buchanan, Graeme M ^b   Szantoi, Zoltan ^c   Holmgren, Milena ^d   Marasini, Gabriele Grottolo ^a   Gross, Dorit ^c,d   Tranquilli, Sandra ^e   Boitani, Luigi ^a   Rondinini, Carlo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation actions; Habitat loss; Life history; Random forest model; Threats

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXTINCTION RISK; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; MAMMAL; MAP; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RESOLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AFRICA;

EID: 84898433025     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0198     Document Type: Article

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