Conservation Research Is Not Happening Where It Is Most Needed

PLoS Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Wilson, Kerrie A ^a   Auerbach, Nancy A ^a   Sam, Katerina ^b,c   Magini, Ariana G ^a   Moss, Alexander St L ^d   Langhans, Simone D ^e   Budiharta, Sugeng ^a,f   Terzano, Dilva ^a   Meijaard, Erik ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^d KPMG   (Netherlands)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^f INDONESIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES   (Indonesia)

^g Borneo Futures Initiative   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; HUMAN; OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING; SCIENTIST; ENERGY CONSERVATION; RESEARCH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; RESEARCH;

EID: 84962135667     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002413     Document Type: Article

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