Koala conservation policy process: Appraisal and recommendations

Conservation Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 681-690

  Clark, Tim W ^a,e   Mazur, Nicole ^b   Cork, Steven J ^c   Dovers, Steve ^b   Harding, Ronnie ^d  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e Box 2705   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMAL; POLICY MAKING; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EID: 0034045893     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2000.99390.x     Document Type: Review

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