Limits of territorially-focused conservation: A critical assessment based on cartographic and geographic approaches

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 280-290

  Hazen, Helen D ^a   Harris, Leila M ^b  

^a MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundaries; Cartography; Conservation; Geography; Map; Protected area

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MAPPING;

GEOGRAPHY; PROTECTED AREA;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

BOUNDARY; CARTOGRAPHY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE; PROTECTED AREA; TERRITORIALITY; VEGETATION MAPPING;

CARTOGRAPHY; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; REVIEW;

EID: 40349088598     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892907004237     Document Type: Review

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