Biodiversity protection prioritisation: A 25-year review

Wildlife Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 108-116

  Cullen, Ross ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

actions; contracts; costs; reserves

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DATA ACQUISITION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; HABITAT; NATURE RESERVE; PRIORITIZATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EID: 84878319744     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR12065     Document Type: Review

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