Abstract
Australia is a large continent with a relatively small population, and government agencies and research institutions are devoting considerable resources to the development of new approaches and tools for conserving and managing Australia's biodiversity.Issues of data quality, choice of
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- Year
- 1998
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 85
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 2-2
- Citations
- 83
- Access
- Closed
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- 10.2307/2991991