Wetland conservation: Change and fragmentation in Trinidad's protected areas

Geoforum

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-104

  Gibbes, Cerian ^a   Southworth, Jane ^a   Keys, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Land cover change; Trinidad; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRAGMENTATION; LAND COVER; NDVI; PROTECTED AREA; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES; TRINIDAD [TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO]; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 58049140155     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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