Continental-Scale Governance and the Hastening of Loss of Australia's Biodiversity

Conservation Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1133-1135

  Ritchie, Euan G ^a   Bradshaw, Corey J A ^b   Dickman, Chris R ^c   Hobbs, Richard ^d   Johnson, Christopher N ^e   Johnston, Emma L ^f   Laurance, William F ^g   Lindenmayer, David ^h   Mccarthy, Michael A ⁱ   Nimmo, Dale G ^a   Possingham, Hugh H ^j   Pressey, Robert L ^g   Watson, David M ^k   Woinarski, John ^l  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^g JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^k CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^l CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES;

EID: 84893690744     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12189     Document Type: Editorial

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