A robust nonparametric method for quantifying undetected extinctions

Conservation Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 610-617

  Chisholm, Ryan A ^a   Giam, Xingli ^b   Sadanandan, Keren R ^a   Fung, Tak ^a   Rheindt, Frank E ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity loss; Birds; Nonparametric model; Singaporean avifauna

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AVIFAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; DETECTION METHOD; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; ESTIMATION METHOD; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURE CONSERVATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

AVES;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SINGAPORE; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84954285377     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12640     Document Type: Article

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