Clear and present danger: Balancing the land management issues of today with the eternal challenge of climate change

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 189-193

  Claridge, Andrew W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Climate change; Land management; Pest animals; Threats

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455174785     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: 14428903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2011.00610.x     Document Type: Note

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