Confronting a biome crisis: Global disparities of habitat loss and protection

Ecology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-29

  Hoekstra, Jonathan M ^a   Boucher, Timothy M ^a   Ricketts, Taylor H ^b   Roberts, Carter ^b  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b World Wildlife Fund ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Ecosystem services; Extinction crisis; Habitat loss; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PROTECTED AREA;

EID: 12944286383     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00686.x     Document Type: Article

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