Embracing opportunism in the selection of priority conservation areas

Conservation Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1124-1126

  Knight, Andrew T ^a   Cowling, Richard M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; EXPERT SYSTEM; INFORMATION SYSTEM; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA;

DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; ETHICS;

EID: 34447498680     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00690.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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