Measuring the changing state of nature

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 326-330

  Balmford, Andrew ^a   Green, Rhys E ^a,b   Jenkins, Martin ^c  

^a Department of Zoology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; EXTINCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALUATION;

EID: 0037830028     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(03)00067-3     Document Type: Review

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