A century of failure for habitat recovery

Ecography

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 414-416

  Irving, Andrew D ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT RESTORATION; PLANT COMMUNITY;

EID: 84875672065     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2013.00210.x     Document Type: Article

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