Quantification of habitat fragmentation reveals extinction risk in terrestrial mammals

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

Volumn 114, Issue 29, 2017, Pages 7635-7640

  Crooks, Kevin R ^a   Burdett, Christopher L ^a   Theobald, David M ^b   King, Sarah R B ^a   Di Marco, Moreno ^c   Rondinini, Carlo ^d   Boitani, Luigi ^d  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b Conservation Science Partners ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conservation; Extinction risk; Habitat fragmentation; Mammals

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOREST FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; GEOGRAPHY; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 85024376224     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1705769114     Document Type: Article

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