Alien species as a driver of recent extinctions

Biology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Bellard, Céline ^a   Cassey, Phillip ^b   Blackburn, Tim M ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Bird; Mammal; Non native species; Plant; Reptile

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIRD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MAMMAL; PLANT; RED LIST; REPTILE;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84962910710     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2015.0623     Document Type: Article

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