Triage: Appropriate for prioritizing community funded river restoration projects, but not for advancing the science of river restoration

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-75

  Watts, Robyn J ^a   Wilson, Andrea L ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Funding allocation; Research priorities; River restoration; Triage

Indexed keywords

EID: 9644308410     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: 14428903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2004.180-4.x     Document Type: Note

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