Secondary extinctions of biodiversity

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 664-672

  Brodie, Jedediah F ^a   Aslan, Clare E ^b   Rogers, Haldre S ^c   Redford, Kent H ^d   Maron, John L ^e   Bronstein, Judith L ^f   Groves, Craig R ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ARIZONA SONORA DESERT MUSEUM   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Archipelago Consulting   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^f University of Arizona   (United States)

^g THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Co extinction; Conservation planning; Extinction debt; Functional redundancy; Mutualism; Resilience; Species interactions; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COEXISTENCE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CRYPSIS; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; MUTUALISM; SPECIALIST; TROPHIC CASCADE;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVOLUTION; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84912129504     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.09.012     Document Type: Review

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