Trends and biases in the listing and recovery planning for threatened species: An Australian case study

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Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 134-143

  Walsh, Jessica C ^a,b   Watson, James E M ^a,c   Bottrill, Madeleine C ^a   Joseph, Liana N ^a,c   Possingham, Hugh P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Australian conservation; Environmental Protection and Biological Conservation Act; Legislation; Recovery plan; Species listing; Taxonomic group; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIRD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; MAMMAL; REPTILE; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALIA;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 84872128892     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003060531100161X     Document Type: Review

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