Multiple pathways to conservation success

Conservation Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 98-106

  Phillis, Corey C ^a   O'Regan, Sacha M ^a   Green, Stephanie J ^a   Bruce, Jeanette E B ^a   Anderson, Sean C ^a   Linton, Jennifer N ^a   Favaro, Brett ^a,b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid rain; Bibliometrics; Culturomics; DDT; Elephant; Media; Policy

Indexed keywords

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EID: 84876093007     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2012.00294.x     Document Type: Article

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