Assessing conservation management's evidence base: A survey of management-plan compilers in the United Kingdom and Australia

Conservation Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1989-1996

  Pullin, Andrew S ^a   Knight, Teri M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Solihull Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Conservation policy; Decision support; Environmental management; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; PROTECTED AREA;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33244493292     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00287.x     Document Type: Article

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