Predicting ecosystem collapse: Spatial factors that influence risks to tropical ecosystems

Austral Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 492-501

  Crespin, Silvio J ^a,b   Simonetti, Javier A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b Instituto de Investigaciones Tropicales de El Salvador   (El Salvador)

Author keywords

Ecosystem collapse; Ecosystem vulnerability; Endangered ecosystem; IUCN categories and criteria; Red List of ecosystems

Indexed keywords

CARRYING CAPACITY; DATABASE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; EXTINCTION; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; PREDICTION; RED LIST; RISK ASSESSMENT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; VULNERABILITY;

EL SALVADOR [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 84929962292     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aec.12209     Document Type: Article

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