Biological and operational determinants of the effectiveness and efficiency of biodiversity conservation programs

Wildlife Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 142-152

  Laycock, Helen F ^a   Moran, Dominic ^b   Raffaelli, David G ^a   White, Piran C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

evaluation; interdisciplinary; prioritisation; species action plans; UK Biodiversity Action Plan

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; BIODIVERSITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA ACQUISITION; INVERTEBRATE; INVESTMENT; PRIORITIZATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VERTEBRATE;

INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84878330164     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR12073     Document Type: Article

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