Achieving Cross-Scale Collaboration for Large Scale Conservation Initiatives

Conservation Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 107-117

  Guerrero, Angela M ^a,b   Mcallister, Ryan R J ^b   Wilson, Kerrie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collaborative conservation; Conservation networks; Exponential random graph model; Invasive species management; Revegetation; Scale; Social networks

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84921528607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12112     Document Type: Article

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