Does recovery planning improve the status of threatened species?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1595-1601

  Bottrill, Madeleine C ^a   Walsh, Jessica C ^a   Watson, James E M ^a   Joseph, Liana N ^a   Ortega Argueta, Alejandro ^a,b   Possingham, Hugh P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Australia; Program evaluation; Recovery planning; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONSERVATION STATUS; ECONOMETRICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL PROVISION; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STATE ROLE; TRANSPARENCY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79956208265     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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