Applying gap analysis and a comparison index to evaluate protected areas in Thailand

Environmental Management

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 235-245

  Trisurat, Yongyut ^a  

^a KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Comparison index; Gap analysis; Protected areas; Representativeness; Thailand

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE;

COMPARISON INDEX; GAP ANALYSIS; PROTECTED AREAS; REPRESENTATIVENESS;

LAND RECLAMATION;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MANGROVE; PROTECTED AREA; RIPARIAN FOREST; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT; THAILAND; WATERSHED;

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; THAILAND; TREES;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33845784286     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-005-0355-3     Document Type: Article

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