Uncertainty in identifying local extinctions: The distribution of missing data and its effects on biodiversity measures

Biology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Boakes, Elizabeth H ^a   Fuller, Richard A ^b   McGowan, Philip J K ^c   Mace, Georgina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity monitoring; Extinction inference; Galliformes; Local extinction; Spatial bias; Species occurrence data

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; EXTINCTION RISK; LOCAL EXTINCTION; PALEARCTIC REGION; PRIORITIZATION; PROTECTED AREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EUROPE;

GALLIFORMES;

ANIMAL; ASIA; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPE; GALLIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES EXTINCTION; UNCERTAINTY;

ANIMALS; ASIA; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EUROPE; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; GALLIFORMES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84962566495     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2015.0824     Document Type: Article

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