The conservation status of freshwater crayfish: The basis for concern, listing and recovery processes, and community involvement

Freshwater Crayfish

Volumn 17, Issue , 2010, Pages 1-12

  Horwitz, Pierre ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community; Conservation; Listing; Recovery; Reservation

Indexed keywords

ASTACOIDEA;

EID: 84863452541     PISSN: 20764324     EISSN: 20764332     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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