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Raise targets to prevent extinction

12 11 2009

I know I’ve blogged recently about this, but The Adelaidean did a nice little article that I thought I’d reproduce here. The source can be found here.

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Adelaidean story Nov 2009

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  • Date : Thu, 12 Nov 2009
  • Tags: biodiversity, conservation, minimum viable population, science
  • Categories : conservation, conservation biology, ecological triage, investment, living dead, management, minimum viable population, mvp, population viability analysis, PVA, Red List, threatened species

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