Vertebrate biodiversity losses point to a sixth mass extinction

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2497-2519

  McCallum, Malcolm L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT SPRINGFIELD   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Fuzzy arithmetic; Fuzzy logic; Mass extinction; Sixth mass extinction; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONSERVATION STATUS; CRETACEOUS; DATA INTERPRETATION; DINOSAUR; FISH; FOSSIL RECORD; FUTURE PROSPECT; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; MAMMAL; MASS EXTINCTION; PALEOGENE; RED LIST; VULNERABILITY;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; CHONDRICHTHYES; DINOSAURIA; MAMMALIA; MYXINIDAE; OSTEICHTHYES; PETROMYZONTIDAE; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84942372141     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-015-0940-6     Document Type: Article

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