Making robust policy decisions using global biodiversity indicators

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Nicholson, Emily ^a,b   Collen, Ben ^c   Barausse, Alberto ^d   Blanchard, Julia L ^a,e   Costelloe, Brendan T ^a,c   Sullivan, Kathryn M E ^a,c   Underwood, Fiona M ^f   Burn, Robert W ^f   Fritz, Steffen ^g   Jones, Julia P G ^h   McRae, Louise ^c   Possingham, Hugh P ⁱ   Milner Gulland, E J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^g INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^h BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LIVING PLANET INDEX; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREDICTION; RED LIST INDEX;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH; SCIENCE; TIME FACTORS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84864009004     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041128     Document Type: Article

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