Biodiversity indicators based on trends in conservation status: Advancing the science

Conservation Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 582-583

  Quayle, James F ^a   Ramsay, Leah R ^a  

^a Ministry of Environment British Columbia   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; RESEARCH;

BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; RESEARCH;

EID: 33645108177     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00411.x     Document Type: Note

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