Horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2011

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-16

  Sutherland, William J ^a   Bardsley, Sarah ^b   Bennun, Leon ^c   Clout, Mick ^d   Côté, Isabelle M ^e   Depledge, Michael H ^f   Dicks, Lynn V ^a   Dobson, Andrew P ^g   Fellman, Liz ^h   Fleishman, Erica ⁱ   Gibbons, David W ^j   Impey, Andrew J ^h   Lawton, John H ^k   Lickorish, Fiona ^l   Lindenmayer, David B ^m   Lovejoy, Thomas E ⁿ   Mac Nally, Ralph ^o   Madgwick, Jane ^p   Peck, Lloyd S ^q   Pretty, Jules ^r   Prior, Stephanie V ^a   Redford, Kent H ^s   Scharlemann, Jörn P W ^t   Spalding, Mark ^u   Watkinson, Andrew R ^v   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^g PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^k The Hayloft   (United Kingdom)

^l DEFRA   (United Kingdom)

^m AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁿ H John Heinz III Center for Science   (United States)

^o MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^p WETLANDS INTERNATIONAL   (Netherlands)

^q BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^r UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^s WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^t UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^u THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^v UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CORAL REEF; DISEASE CONTROL; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GREENHOUSE GAS; INVASIVE SPECIES; LITERATURE REVIEW; MILK; MOSQUITO; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; POLLUTION; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FOOD; HUMANS; INDUSTRY;

ASIA;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 78650309870     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2010.11.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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