Historical progress of biodiversity conservation in the protected-area system of Tasmania, Australia

Conservation Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1520-1529

  Mendel, Louise C ^a,b   Kirkpatrick, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0036898544     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2002.01155.x     Document Type: Article

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