Rarity, species richness, and the threat of extinction--are plants the same as animals?
Assessment of conservation status is done both for areas or habitats and for species (or taxa). IUCN Red List categories have been the principal method of categorising species in terms of extinction risk, and have been shown to be robust and helpful in the groups for which they have been developed....
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-05-01
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| Series: | PLoS Biology |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3101195?pdf=render |