The effectiveness and evaluation of conservation planning

Conservation Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 407-420

  Bottrill, Madeleine C ^a,b   Pressey, Robert L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation area design; Conservation planning; Effectiveness; Evaluation; Failure; Impact; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870937489     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2012.00268.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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