Estimates of species extinctions from species-area relationships strongly depend on ecological context

Ecography

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 431-442

  Matias, Miguel G ^a,b,c   Gravel, Dominique ^d,e   Guilhaumon, François ^b,c   Desjardins Proulx, Philippe ^d,e   Loreau, Michel ^f   Münkemüller, Tamara ^g   Mouquet, Nicolas ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f Moulis   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

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EID: 84899954738     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2013.00448.x     Document Type: Article

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