Towards best practice in the zoo industry: Developing key performance indicators as bench-marks for progress

International Zoo Yearbook

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 143-157

  Bartos, J M ^a   Kelly, J D ^a  

^a Zoological Parks Bd of New S Wales   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bench mark; Conservation; Education; Environmental resource; Key performance indicators; Management; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744786872     PISSN: 00749664     EISSN: 17481090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1090.1998.tb02896.x     Document Type: Article

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