Conversion or conservation? Understanding wetland change in northwest Costa Rica

Ecological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-63

  Daniels, Amy E ^a   Cumming, Graeme S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Central America; Conservation; Costa Rica; Fresh water; Hydrologic connectivity; Landcover change; Palo Verde National Park; Protected areas; Spatially explicit prediction; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LAND USE CHANGE; PROTECTED AREA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; WETLAND; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; COSTA RICA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; WETLAND;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COSTA RICA; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WETLANDS;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; GUANACASTE; PALO VERDE NATIONAL PARK; TEMPISQUE BASIN;

EID: 42149115100     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1658.1     Document Type: Article

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