Measuring global trends in the status of biodiversity: red list indices for birds.

The rapid destruction of the planet's biodiversity has prompted the nations of the world to set a target of achieving a significant reduction in the rate of loss of biodiversity by 2010. However, we do not yet have an adequate way of monitoring progress towards achieving this target. Here we pr...

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Main Authors: Stuart H M Butchart, Alison J Stattersfield, Leon A Bennun, Sue M Shutes, H Resit Akçakaya, Jonathan E M Baillie, Simon N Stuart, Craig Hilton-Taylor, Georgina M Mace
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2004-12-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0020383