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RESEARCH ARTICLE
Contents Vol 28(1)

Researcher disillusionment and ungoverned damage to Becher Point Wetlands, Western Australia

Graham R. Fulton https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5976-0333 A B C
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A Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia.

B Environmental and Conservation Sciences, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia.

C Corresponding author. Email: grahamf2001@yahoo.com.au

Pacific Conservation Biology 28(1) 15-17 https://doi.org/10.1071/PC20091
Submitted: 13 November 2020  Accepted: 3 January 2021   Published: 21 January 2021

Abstract

Researcher disillusionment, angry mobs and four-wheel-drives damage the sandy headland at Becher Point, in Western Australia.

Keywords: coastal ecology, conservation biology, human impact, urban ecology.


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