Integrating ecosystem management, protected areas, and mammal conservation in the Brazilian Amazon

Ecology and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Azevedo Ramos, Claudia ^a   do Amaral, Benedito Domingues ^a   Nepstad, Daniel C ^b   Filho, Britaldo Soares ^c   Nasi, Robert ^d  

^a IPAM Amazon Institute of Environmental Research

^b WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d Center of International Forestry Research

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Brazilian Amazon; Distribution ranges; Mammal species; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33846094408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-01832-110217     Document Type: Article

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