Ecological restoration for future conservation professionals: Training with conceptual models and practical exercises

Ecological Restoration

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 175-181

  Aronson, James ^a,b   Aguirre, Nikolay ^c   Muñoz, Jesús ^d  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^c National University of Loja   (Spain)

^d National University of Loja   (Spain)

Author keywords

Natural capital value; Proposal writing; Reconciling conservation and economic development; Reference models

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952280320     PISSN: 15434060     EISSN: 15434079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/er.28.2.175     Document Type: Article

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