Conservation of biodiversity and research needs in the UK dependent territories

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1111-1121

  Oldfield, Sara ^a   Sheppard, Charles ^b  

^a UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation policy; Dependent Territories

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030771016     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2405225     Document Type: Review

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