Monitoring does not always count

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 547-550

  McDonald Madden, Eve ^a,b   Baxter, Peter W J ^a,c   Fuller, Richard A ^a,b   Martin, Tara G ^a,b   Game, Edward T ^d   Montambault, Jensen ^d   Possingham, Hugh P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DECISION TREE; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; KILLER WHALE; MARSUPIAL; NOTE; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION TREES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARSUPIALIA; SONGBIRDS; WHALE, KILLER;

EID: 77956652114     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2010.07.002     Document Type: Note

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