Development and application of procedures to identify and conserve threatened ecological communities in the South-west Botanical Province of Western Australia

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 124-138

  English, V ^a   Blyth, J ^a  

^a Species and Communities Branch   (Australia)

Author keywords

Categories of threat; Ecosystem conservation; Recovery actions; South west Botanical Province Western Australia; Threatened ecological communities

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONSERVATION STATUS; NATURE CONSERVATION;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTHWEST BOTANICAL PROVINCE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033491406     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PC990124     Document Type: Article

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