Current extinction rates of reptiles and amphibians

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 42, 2015, Pages 13003-13008

  Alroy, John ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Bayesian methods; Extinction rates; Reptiles

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; BAYES THEOREM; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONFERENCE PAPER; MASS EXTINCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SQUAMATE; ANIMAL;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; REPTILES;

EID: 84947238936     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1508681112     Document Type: Article

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