Cost-efficient conservation for the white-banded tanager (Neothraupis fasciata) in the Cerrado, central Brazil

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 563-574

  Duca, Charles ^a   Yokomizo, Hiroyuki ^b,c   Marini, Miguel  ^a   Possingham, Hugh P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endemic bird; Management strategy; Neotropical savanna; PVA; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOREGION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FIRE MANAGEMENT; PASSERINE; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; PROTECTED AREA; SAVANNA; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; NEOTHRAUPIS FASCIATA;

EID: 58749083191     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.11.010     Document Type: Article

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