Correlates of extinction risk in Australian squamate reptiles

Identification of particular traits that predispose species to elevated extinction risk is an important component of proactive conservation. We capitalise on a recent strategic extinction risk assessment of all Australian squamate reptiles to identify intrinsic life history traits and extrinsic threats that correlate with extinction risk. We further assess whether extinction risk correlates differ between species impacted by different threatening processes (habitat loss vs. invasive species).

• Publication year

  2021

• Venue

  Journal of Biogeography

• Publication date

  2021-06-20

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  DOI 10.1111/jbi.14140
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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