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Descriptor English: Endangered Species
Descriptor Spanish: Especies en Peligro de Extinción
Descriptor especies en peligro de extinción
Entry term(s) especies amenazadas
especies en extinción
especies en riesgo de extinción
Scope note: Especies de animales o plantas en peligro de extinción. Las causas pueden ser la actividad humana, cambios climáticos o cambios en las proporciones predadores-presas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Espécies em Perigo de Extinção
Descriptor French: Espèce en voie de disparition
Entry term(s): Species, Endangered
Species, Threatened
Threatened Species
Tree number(s): B01.050.050.565
G16.500.275.157.049.250
N06.230.080.200
N06.230.124.049.250
SP4.707.368.270.187.305
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D056727
Scope note: An animal or plant species in danger of extinction. Causes can include human activity, changing climate, or change in predator/prey ratios.
Allowable Qualifiers: EC economics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
SN statistics & numerical data
TD trends
Public MeSH Note: 2010
History Note: 2010
Related: Ecological Equilibrium DeCS
Extinction, Biological MeSH
Natural Resources Exploitation DeCS
DeCS ID: 32457
Unique ID: D056727
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2010/01/01
Date of Entry: 2009/07/06
Revision Date: 2010/06/25
Endangered Species - Preferred
Concept UI M0528874
Scope note An animal or plant species in danger of extinction. Causes can include human activity, changing climate, or change in predator/prey ratios.
Preferred term Endangered Species
Entry term(s) Species, Endangered
Threatened Species - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0528875
Scope note An animal or plant species likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future.
Preferred term Threatened Species
Entry term(s) Species, Threatened



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