The feasibility of applying a cost-effective approach for assigning priorities for threatened species recovery with a case study from New South Wales, Australia

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 238-245

  Szabo, Judit K ^a   Briggs, Sue V ^b   Rachel, Lonie ^c   Bell, Linda ^c   Maloney, Richard ^d   Joseph, Liana N ^a   Hunter, Ian ^c   Possingham, Hugh P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c New South Wales Department of Environment Climate Change and Water   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CAPTIVE POPULATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA ACQUISITION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; POPULATION SIZE; RECOVERY PLAN; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 77649227372     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/pc090238     Document Type: Review

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