Global mapping of ecosystem services and conservation priorities

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 28, 2008, Pages 9495-9500

  Naidoo, R ^a   Balmford, A ^b   Costanza, R ^c   Fisher, B ^d   Green, R E ^b,e   Lehner, B ^f   Malcolm, T R ^a   Ricketts, T H ^a  

^a World Wildlife Fund/United States ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Carbon; Conservation planning; Global 200; Hotspots

Indexed keywords

WATER;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON STORAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRASSLAND; LIVESTOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THEORETICAL STUDY;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; MAPS AS TOPIC;

EID: 47749112886     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0707823105     Document Type: Review

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