Shifting baselines and memory illusions: What should we worry about when inferring trends from resource user interviews?

Animal Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 534-535

  Daw, T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78650108492     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2010.00418.x     Document Type: Note

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