The importance and benefits of species

Current Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2015, Pages R431-R438

  Gascon, Claude ^a   Brooks, Thomas M ^b   Contreras Macbeath, Topiltzin ^c   Heard, Nicolas ^d   Konstant, William ^e   Lamoreux, John ^a   Launay, Frederic ^d   Maunder, Michael ^f   Mittermeier, Russell A ^g   Molur, Sanjay ^h   Al Mubarak, Razan Khalifa ^d   Parr, Michael J ⁱ   Rhodin, Anders G J ^j   Rylands, Anthony B ^g   Soorae, Pritpal ^k   Sanderson, James G ^l   Vié, Jean Christophe ^b  

^a National Fish and Wildlife Foundation   (United States)

^b IUCN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

^d Mohamed Bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund   (United Arab Emirates)

^e International Rhino Foundation   (United States)

^f FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^h Zoo Outreach Organization (ZOO)   (India)

ⁱ American Bird Conservancy   (United States)

^j Chelonian Research Foundation   (United States)

^k IUCN SSC Re introduction Specialist Group   (United Arab Emirates)

^l Small Wild Cat Conservation Foundation   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; BIVALVE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS; BIVALVIA; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CULTURE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

EID: 84929580459     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: 18790445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.03.041     Document Type: Review

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