The new Noah's Ark: Beautiful and useful species only. Part 1. Biodiversity conservation issues and priorities

Biodiversity

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 232-247

  Small, Ernest ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

biodiversity; charismatic megafauna; conservation; flagship species; surrogate species

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860823363     PISSN: 14888386     EISSN: 21600651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14888386.2011.642663     Document Type: Article

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