Where is the evidence for assessing evidence-based restoration? Comments on Ntshotsho et al. (2010)

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-9

  Guldemond, Robert A R ^a   Grainger, Matthew J ^a   Trimble, Morgan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Goal setting; Meta analysis; Restoration success; South Africa; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855434238     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2011.00817.x     Document Type: Letter

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