Integrating costs of conservation into international priority setting

Conservation Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 597-605

  Balmford, Andrew ^a   Gaston, Kevin J ^b   Rodrigues, Ana S L ^b   James, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0034121044     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2000.00000-i2.x     Document Type: Review

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