A preliminary assessment of the contribution of nature reserves to biodiversity conservation in Great Britain

Animal Conservation

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 311-320

  Hopkinson, Paul ^a,b   Travis, Justin M J ^c,g   Prendergast, John R ^a   Evans, Julianne ^d   Gregory, Richard D ^d,e   Telfer, Mark G ^b   Williams, Paul H ^f  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^e THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^f DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^g LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0038051922     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943000001037     Document Type: Article

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