Examining conservation attitudes, perspectives, and challenges in India

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2357-2367

  Karanth, Krithi K ^a   Kramer, Randall A ^a   Qian, Song S ^a   Christensen Jr , Norman L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; India; Opinions; People; Social survey; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POLICY STRATEGY; PROTECTED AREA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 51249099363     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.06.027     Document Type: Article

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