Identifying conservation-priority areas in the tropics: A land-use change modeling approach

Conservation Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 501-512

  Menon, Shaily ^a   Pontius Jr , R Gil ^b   Rose, Joseph ^c   Khan, M L ^d   Bawa, Kamaljit S ^b  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^d NORTH EASTERN REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; LAND USE; MODELING; NATURE CONSERVATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

INDIA;

EID: 0034914751     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2001.015002501.x     Document Type: Review

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