Comment - Economics of a nest-box program for the conservation of an endangered species: A re-appraisal

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2244-2247

  Lindenmayer, D B ^a   MacGregor, C ^a   Gibbons, P ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; HARVESTING;

ENDANGERED SPECIES;

FORESTRY;

ARTIFICIAL NEST; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LOGGING (TIMBER); MARSUPIAL; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS REGNANS; GYMNOBELIDEUS LEADBEATERI; METATHERIA; SORBUS; VICTORIA;

EID: 0036998587     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x02-142     Document Type: Review

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