Conserving tropical nature: Current challenges for ecologists

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 12-17

  Du Toit, Johan T ^a   Walker, Brian H ^b   Campbell, Bruce M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BIODIVERSITY; NATURE CONSERVATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0346432529     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2003.09.018     Document Type: Article

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