Monitoring for conservation

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 668-673

  Nichols, James D ^a   Williams, Byron K ^b  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33750977251     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2006.08.007     Document Type: Article

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