Conservation in the dark? The information used to support management decisions

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 181-188

  Cook, Carly N ^a   Hockings, Marc ^a   Carter, R W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; INVESTMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PROTECTED AREA;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77951703908     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/090020     Document Type: Article

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