-towards a general framework for predicting threat status of data-deficient species from phylogenetic, spatial and environmental information

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1662, 2015, Pages 1-10

  Jetz, Walter ^a,b   Freckleton, Robert P ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extinction risk; Geographical range; Imputation; Phylogeny; Remote sensing; Threat status

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; REMOTE SENSING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; SORICIDAE;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORECASTING; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENT; FORECASTING; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84920973164     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0016     Document Type: Article

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