Conservation science relevant to action: A research agenda identified and prioritized by practitioners

Biological Conservation

Volumn 153, Issue , 2012, Pages 201-210

  Braunisch, Veronika ^a,b   Home, Robert ^c   Pellet, Jérôme ^a   Arlettaz, Raphaël ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Forest Research Institute of Baden Wuerttemberg FVA   (Germany)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE FIBL   (Switzerland)

^d SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Applied research agenda; Biodiversity conservation; Prioritizing conservation research; Priority research questions; Research implementation gap

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; PRIORITIZATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESEARCH WORK; STAKEHOLDER; THEORETICAL STUDY;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84862741555     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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