What works for threatened species recovery? An empirical evaluation for Australia

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 767-777

  Taylor, Martin F J ^a   Sattler, Paul S ^b   Evans, Megan ^c   Fuller, Richard A ^c,d   Watson, James E M ^c   Possingham, Hugh P ^c  

^a WWF Australia   (Australia)

^b University of Queensland ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Empirical evaluation; Natural resource management; Population trends; Protected areas; Recovery actions; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA QUALITY; DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; POPULATION DECLINE; PROTECTED AREA; RANGE SIZE; RECOVERY PLAN; RED LIST;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79952750846     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-010-9977-8     Document Type: Article

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