Conservation opportunities across the worlds anthromes

نویسندگان

  • Laura J. Martin
  • John E. Quinn
  • Erle C. Ellis
  • M. Rebecca Shaw
  • Monica A. Dorning
  • Lauren M. Hallett
  • Nicole E. Heller
  • Richard J. Hobbs
  • Clifford E. Kraft
  • Elizabeth Law
  • Nicole L. Michel
  • Michael P. Perring
  • Patrick D. Shirey
  • Ruscena Wiederholt
چکیده

Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA, Department of Biology, Furman University, Greenville, SC, USA, Department of Geography & Environmental Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA, Environmental Defense Fund, San Francisco, CA, USA, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC, USA, Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA, School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia, School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Qld, Australia, School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

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تاریخ انتشار 2014