The IUCN Technical Guidelines on the Management of Ex Situ Populations for Conservation: Reflecting major changes in the application of ex situ conservation

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Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 95-98

  Maunder, Mike ^a,c   Byers, Onnie ^b,d  

^a FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

^b Species Survival Commission/IUCN ^*  (United States)

^c IUCN/Species Survival Commission Plant Conservation Committee   (United States)

^d CBSG ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Convention on Biological Diversity; Ex situ conservation; In situ; IUCN Technical Guidelines; Species recovery

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CAPTIVE POPULATION; GUIDELINE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; POPULATION ESTIMATION; WILD POPULATION;

EID: 33645999642     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605305000177     Document Type: Review

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