TY - JOUR
T1 - Tropical Conservation Biology
T2 - Response to Lugo's tendentious review
AU - Sodhi, Navjot S.
AU - Bradshaw, Corey J A
AU - Brook, Barry W.
PY - 2009/3/1
Y1 - 2009/3/1
N2 - SummaryScientific textbooks deserve substantial scrutiny because they generally appeal to a wider audience than technical papers; book reviews in journals are one mode of critiquing a book's scientific content. It is contended that the review by Lugo of the book Tropical Conservation Biology was based on a superficial reading, and omitted some basic principles and literature in conservation science.
AB - SummaryScientific textbooks deserve substantial scrutiny because they generally appeal to a wider audience than technical papers; book reviews in journals are one mode of critiquing a book's scientific content. It is contended that the review by Lugo of the book Tropical Conservation Biology was based on a superficial reading, and omitted some basic principles and literature in conservation science.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=70350518537&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S0376892909005463
DO - 10.1017/S0376892909005463
M3 - Comment/debate
AN - SCOPUS:70350518537
SN - 0376-8929
VL - 36
SP - 11
EP - 13
JO - ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
JF - ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
IS - 1
ER -