Vegetation and habitat are not synonyms: A perspective on New Zealand's Resource Management Act

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 102-104

  Miller, Craig J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

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EID: 11844287159     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-8903.2000.00030.x     Document Type: Review

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