Protecting China's biodiversity

Science

Volumn 300, Issue 5623, 2003, Pages 1240-1241

  Liu, Jianguo ^a   Ouyang, Zhiyun ^b   Pimm, Stuart L ^c   Raven, Peter H ^d   Wang, Xiaoke ^b   Miao, Hong ^b   Han, Nianyong ^e  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^e China's Natl Comm on Man/Biosphere   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CHINA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FELIDAE; FOREST; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PLANT; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; WETLAND; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; RECREATION; TRAVEL; TREE; WILD ANIMAL;

AVES; FELIDAE; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HUMANS; PLANTS; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC POLICY; PUBLIC SECTOR; RECREATION; TRAVEL; TREES;

EID: 0037799218     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1078868     Document Type: Short Survey

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27. We thank J. Diamond for comments and S. Song, W. W. Taylor, and Q. Wang for logistical support. The National Science Foundation (DEB-9702684 and BCS-0216450), National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01 HD39789), and Chinese Academy of Sciences (KZCX2-405) provided funding.