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Why most conservation monitoring is, but need not be, a waste of time
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“Although the majority of studies suggested the need for additional research including long-term monitoring, monitoring is not sufficient to solve conservation problems (Buxton et al., 2020; Legg & Nagy, 2006).”
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- Authors
- Legg, C. J., & Nagy, L.
- Venue
- Journal of Environmental Management
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2006-01
- Volume
- 78
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 194-199
- ISSN
- 0301-4797 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1971406989
- Cited by
- 483
- References
- 2
- FWCI
- 35.40
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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