Data Acquisition for Conservation Assessments: Is the Effort Worth It?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Hermoso, Virgilio ^a   Kennard, Mark J ^a   Linke, Simon ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RARE SPECIES; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FISHES; FRESH WATER; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84875414685     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059662     Document Type: Article

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