Implications of changing species definitions for conservation purposes

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 187-195

  Garnett, Stephen ^a   Christidis, Les ^b,c  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; PHYLOGENETICS;

EID: 34848877021     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270907000809     Document Type: Review

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