Trends in extinction risk for imperiled species in Canada

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Favaro, Brett ^a,b   Claar, Danielle C ^a   Fox, Caroline H ^a,c   Freshwater, Cameron ^a   Holden, Jessica J ^a   Roberts, Allan ^d   Martin, A F ^a   Pawluk, K ^a   Roberts, D ^a   Robinson, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c RAINCOAST CONSERVATION FOUNDATION   (Canada)

^d BAMFIELD MARINE SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT; HABITAT; LAW; NONHUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SPECIES EXTINCTION; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TRENDS; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIODIVERSITY; CANADA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84913556455     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113118     Document Type: Article

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