Assessment of the effectiveness of nature reserve management in China

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 779-792

  Quan, Jia ^a   Ouyang, Zhiyun ^a   Xu, Weihua ^a   Miao, Hong ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; Management effectiveness; Nature reserves; Tracking tool

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATURE CONSERVATION; NATURE RESERVE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TRACKING; WORLD BANK;

CHINA;

EID: 79952749138     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-010-9978-7     Document Type: Article

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