Conservation practice could benefit from routine testing and publication of management outcomes

Conservation Evidence

Volumn 10, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-3

  Sutherland, William J ^a   Mitchell, Roger ^b   Walsh, Jessica ^a   Amano, Tatsuya ^a   Ausden, Malcolm ^c   Beebee, Trevor J C ^d   Bullock, David ^e   Daniels, Mike ^f   Deutsch, James ^g   Griffiths, Richard A ^h   Prior, Stephanie V ^a   Whitten, Tony ⁱ   Dicks, Lynn V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f South Inch Business Centre   (United Kingdom)

^g WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ FAUNA AND FLORA INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

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