Evaluating the costs and sampling adequacy of a vertebrate monitoring program

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 373-380

  Perkins, G C ^a   Kutt, A S ^a,b,c   Vanderduys, E P ^a   Perry, J J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Costs effectiveness; Management; Monitoring; Species accumulation curves

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL PROVISION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MAMMAL; MONITORING SYSTEM; REPTILE; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS; STATE ROLE; SURVEY METHOD; TRACKING; VERTEBRATE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84880243085     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/AZ.2013.003     Document Type: Article

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