Hosts of the plio-pleistocene past reflect modern-day coral vulnerability

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1737, 2012, Pages 2448-2456

  van Woesik, Robert ^a   Franklin, Erik C ^b   O’Leary, Jennifer ^c   McClanahan, Tim R ^d   Klaus, James S ^e   Budd, Ann F ^f  

^a Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^d Wildlife Conservition Society   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological trait; Coral; Extinction risk; Plio Pleistocene; Resilience; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; PAVONA; POCILLOPORA; STYLOPHORA (CORAL);

STRONTIUM;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIODIVERSITY; CENTRAL AMERICA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORAL REEF; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOSSIL; HISTORY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BAYES THEOREM; BIODIVERSITY; CARIBBEAN REGION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES;

EID: 84986581366     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.2621     Document Type: Article

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