Conservation short cut, or long and winding road? A critique of umbrella species criteria

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Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 240-245

  Seddon, Philip J ^a   Leech, Tara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Conservation planning; Umbrella species

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; HOME RANGE; LAND USE; MINIMUM VIABLE POPULATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EID: 42149179188     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003060530806119X     Document Type: Review

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