Estimating how many undescribed species have gone extinct

Conservation Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1360-1370

  Tedesco, P A ^a   Bigorne, R ^a   Bogan, A E ^b   Giam, X ^c,d   Jezequel C ^a   Hugueny, B ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Conservation; Description curve; Diversity; Extinction; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PLANT; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS;

EID: 84907958976     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12285     Document Type: Article

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