Identifying species threatened with local extinction in tropical reef fisheries using historical reconstruction of species occurrence.

Identifying the species that are at risk of local extinction in highly diverse ecosystems is a big challenge for conservation science. Assessments of species status are costly and difficult to implement in developing countries with diverse ecosystems due to a lack of species-specific surveys, specie...

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Main Authors: Sarah M Buckley, Tim R McClanahan, Eréndira M Quintana Morales, Victor Mwakha, Jatieno Nyanapah, Levy M Otwoma, John M Pandolfi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211224