The difference conservation makes to extinction risk of the world's ungulates

Conservation Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1303-1313

  Hoffmann, Michael ^a,b   Duckworth, J W ^a,c   Holmes, Katharine ^a,d   Mallon, David P ^e   Rodrigues, Ana S L ^f   Stuart, Simon N ^a,b,g,h,i  

^a IUCN   (Switzerland)

^b UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Samson Crescent ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d Samson Crescent   (South Africa)

^e MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

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

^h University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Al Ain Zoo   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Conservation impact; Counterfactual scenarios; Extinction risk; IUCN Red List

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONSERVATION STATUS; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXTINCTION RISK; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; POPULATION DECLINE; RED LIST; UNGULATE;

UNGULATA;

ANIMAL; ARTIODACTYLA; BIODIVERSITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PERISSODACTYLA; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBOSCIDEA (MAMMALS); RISK; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; ARTIODACTYLA; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; PERISSODACTYLA; PROBOSCIDEA MAMMAL; RISK;

EID: 84941874691     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12519     Document Type: Article

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