Increased isolation of two Biosphere Reserves and surrounding protected areas (WAP ecological complex, West Africa)

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-40

  Clerici, Nicola ^a,b   Bodini, Antonio ^b   Eva, Hugh ^a   Grégoire, Jean Marie ^a   Dulieu, Dominique ^c   Paolini, Carlo ^c  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c Programme Régional Parc W ECOPAS   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Agricultural expansion; Biodiversity conservation; Ecological isolation; Fragmentation; Land cover change; Protected areas; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOSPHERE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND COVER; PROTECTED AREA; SAVANNA; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33846324034     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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