The cost of postponing biodiversity conservation in Mexico

Biological Conservation

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 593-600

  Fuller, Trevon ^a   Sánchez Cordero, Víctor ^b   Illoldi Rangel, Patricia ^b   Linaje, Miguel ^b   Sarkar, Sahotra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Conservation areas; Land use; Mexico; Natural protected areas; Optimization; Reserve selection

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEGRADATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; MAMMAL; NEOTROPICAL REGION; VEGETATION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33845349524     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.08.028     Document Type: Article

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