Implications of bias in conservation research and investment for freshwater species

Conservation Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 474-482

  Darwall, William R T ^a   Holland, Robert A ^a   Smith, Kevin G ^a   Allen, David ^a   Brooks, Emma G E ^a   Katarya, Vineet ^a   Pollock, Caroline M ^a   Shi, Yichuan ^a   Clausnitzer, Viola ^b   Cumberlidge, Neil ^c   Cuttelod, Annabelle ^a   Dijkstra, Klaas Douwe B ^d   Diop, Mame D ^e   García, Nieves ^a   Seddon, Mary B ^f   Skelton, Paul H ^g   Snoeks, Jos ^h,j   Tweddle, Denis ^g   Vié, Jean Christophe ⁱ  

^a Global Species Programme   (United Kingdom)

^b SENCKENBERG MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY GÖRLITZ   (Germany)

^c NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e Wetlands International Africa Office   (Senegal)

^f Shell Life Bracken Tor   (United Kingdom)

^g SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^h ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

ⁱ Global Species Programme   (Switzerland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

Africa; Biodiversity; Freshwater; Key biodiversity areas; Livelihoods; Poverty; Protected areas; Red list; Surrogates; Threatened

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858158340     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2011.00202.x     Document Type: Article

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