Accelerated human population growth at protected area edges

Science

Volumn 321, Issue 5885, 2008, Pages 123-126

  Wittemyer, George ^a   Elsen, Paul ^a   Bean, William T ^a   Burton, A Coleman O ^a   Brashares, Justin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; GROWTH RATE; INVESTMENT; POPULATION GROWTH; PROTECTED AREA; RURAL AREA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; MIGRATION; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; LATIN AMERICA; POPULATION GROWTH; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION;

AFRICA; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 46849092154     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1158900     Document Type: Article

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