Trends, biases and effectiveness in reported conservation interventions

Conservation Evidence

Volumn 12, Issue , 2015, Pages 2-7

  Spooner, Fiona ^a   Smith, Rebecca K ^a   Sutherland, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; AVES; FUNGI; REPTILIA;

EID: 84922025099     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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