Fifty years on: Lessons from marine reserves in New Zealand and principles for a worldwide network

Biological Conservation

Volumn 176, Issue , 2014, Pages 297-307

  Ballantine, Bill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Conservation; Fisheries; Ocean; Protected areas; Public education

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE PARK; NETWORK ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84904436969     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.01.014     Document Type: Review

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