Integrity and isolation of Costa Rica's national parks and biological reserves: Examining the dynamics of land-cover change

Biological Conservation

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 123-135

  Arturo Sanchez Azofeifa G ^a   Daily, Gretchen C ^b   Pfaff, Alexander S P ^c   Busch, Christopher ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Economics and Center for Environmental Research and Conservation ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Costa Rica; National parks; Tropical deforestation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; HABITAT LOSS; LAND COVER; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA; TROPICAL FOREST;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0037208413     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00145-3     Document Type: Article

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