Are we conserving what we say we are? Measuring ecological integrity within protected areas

BioScience

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 851-860

  Parrish, Jeffrey D ^a   Braun, David P ^a   Unnasch, Robert S ^a  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological integrity; Measures of success; Monitoring; Protected area effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141681946     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053[0851:AWCWWS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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