Assessing the global conservation status of ecologically poorly understood, threatened chelonian species : the case of the critically endangered Madagascar spider tortoise (Pyxis arachnoides)

The IUCN Red List for Threaten Species is widely regarded as the authority for assessing a particular species conservation risk. However, this process has come under some criticism for designating species as high conservation risk on a precautionary principle, using limited data, grey literature or...

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Main Author: Walker, Ryan
Published: Open University 2013
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.580643