Conservation priorities: Identifying need, taking action and evaluating success

Key Topics in Conservation Biology 2

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-22

  Pullin, Andrew S ^a   Sutherland, William ^b   Gardner, Toby ^b   Kapos, Valerie ^c   Fa, John E ^d  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation priorities; Decision making frameworks; Ecosystem

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886097671     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118520178.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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