A horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2012

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-18

  Sutherland, William J ^a   Aveling, Ros ^b   Bennun, Leon ^c   Chapman, Eleanor ^d   Clout, Mick ^e   Côté, Isabelle M ^f   Depledge, Michael H ^g   Dicks, Lynn V ^a   Dobson, Andrew P ^h   Fellman, Liz ⁱ   Fleishman, Erica ^j   Gibbons, David W ^k   Keim, Brandon ^l   Lickorish, Fiona ^m   Lindenmayer, David B ⁿ   Monk, Kathryn A ^d   Norris, Kenneth ^o   Peck, Lloyd S ^p   Prior, Stephanie V ^a   Scharlemann, Jörn P W ^q   Spalding, Mark ^r   Watkinson, Andrew R ^s   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b FAUNA AND FLORA INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^f SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^l Wiredcom   (United States)

^m CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^o UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^p BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^q UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^r THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL REVIEW; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIODIVERSITY; CEREAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CULTIVATION; DEEP SEA; FUTURE PROSPECT; HUMAN BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84455172333     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2011.10.011     Document Type: Review

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