Extinction rates / edited by John H. Lawton and Robert M. May.
| Other author | Lawton, John H., 1943- |
| Other author | May, Robert M. (Robert McCredie), 1936-2020 |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995. |
| Description | xii, 233 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Assessing extinction rates / Robert M. May, John H. Lawton, Nigel E. Stork -- Extinctions in the fossil record / David Jablonski -- Constancy and change of life in the sea / J.B.C. Jackson -- Insect faunas in ice age environments : why so little extinction? / G.R. Coope -- Bird extinctions in the central Pacific / Stuart L. Pimm, Michael P. Moulton, Lenora J. Justice -- Extinctions in Mediterranean areas / Werner Greuter -- Recent past and future extinctions in birds / Colin J. Bibby -- Rates and patterns of extinction among British invertebrates / J.A. Thomas, M.G. Morris -- Assessing the risk of plant extinction due to pollinator and disperser failure / W.J. Bond -- Population dynamic principles / John H. Lawton -- Estimating extinction from molecular phylogenies / Sean Nee, Edward C. Holmes, Robert M. May, Paul H. Harvey -- Biological models for monitoring species decline: the construction and use of databases / C.R. Margules, M.P. Austin -- Classification of threatened species and its role in conservation planning / Georgina M. Mace -- The scale of the human enterprise and biodiversity loss / Paul R. Ehrlich. |
| Local note | Little-348274--305131054549/ |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 95169009 |
| ISBN | 019854829X (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780198548294 (pbk.) |