Improving the design of a conservation reserve for a critically endangered species

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Taylor, Chris ^a   Cadenhead, Natasha ^b   Lindenmayer, David B ^c   Wintle, Brendan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOREST; HABITAT; LANDSCAPE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MODEL; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES;

EID: 85010988971     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169629     Document Type: Article

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