Extinctions and the practice of preventing them

Conservation Biology for All

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Pimm, Stuart L ^a   Jenkins, Clinton N ^a   Martiny, Jennifer B H ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Extinction rate; Extinctions; Geographic ranges; Rare species

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920480606     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199554232.003.0011     Document Type: Chapter

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