Management strategy evaluation: A powerful tool for conservation?

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 441-447

  Bunnefeld, Nils ^a   Hoshino, Eriko ^a,b   Milner Gulland, Eleanor J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANCE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; FISHERY SCIENCE; HARVESTING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATURAL RESOURCE; POPULATION DECLINE; STAKEHOLDER; STOCK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD INDUSTRY; MANAGEMENT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FISHERIES; MANAGEMENT AUDIT;

EID: 80051474096     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2011.05.003     Document Type: Review

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