The application to the British flora of the World Conservation Union's revised red list criteria and the significance of red lists for species conservation

Biological Conservation

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 219-226

  Palmer, M A ^a,c   Hodgetts, N G ^b   Wigginton, M J ^b   Ing, B ^c   Stewart, N F ^d  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b JOINT NATURE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE   (United Kingdom)

^c Kingfisher House ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d Kingfisher   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Great Britain; International; Plants; Red Lists

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030794117     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(97)00018-9     Document Type: Article

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