Trends in conservation biology: Progress or procrastination in a new millennium?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 153, Issue , 2012, Pages 153-158

  Griffiths, Richard A ^a   Dos Santos, Marcileida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Conservation journal; Conservation science; Taxonomic bias

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL REVIEW; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DEVELOPING WORLD; INVERTEBRATE; MAMMAL; RESEARCH WORK; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TAXONOMY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

AVES; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; ORYX;

EID: 84862769851     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.05.011     Document Type: Review

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