Hope for resurrecting a functionally extinct parrot or squandered social capital? Landholder attitudes towards the orange-bellied parrot (Neophema chrysogaster) in Victoria, Australia

Conservation and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 381-385

  Weston, Michael A ^a   Miller, Kelly K ^a   Lawson, Justin ^a   Ehmke, Glenn C ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BirdLife Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

community engagement; landholder; Neophema chrysogaster; orange bellied parrot; social extinction cost

Indexed keywords

AVES; NEOPHEMA CHRYSOGASTER; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 84872861542     PISSN: 09724923     EISSN: 09753133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-4923.105561     Document Type: Article

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