Data credibility: What are the “right” data for evaluating management effectiveness of protected areas?

New Directions for Evaluation

Volumn 2009, Issue 122, 2009, Pages 53-63

  Hockings, Marc ^a   Stolton, Sue ^b   Dudley, Nigel ^b   James, Robyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b EQUILIBRIUM RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 67349084079     PISSN: 10976736     EISSN: 1534875X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ev.295     Document Type: Article

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