On population growth near protected areas

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Joppa, Lucas N ^a   Loarie, Scott R ^b   Pimm, Stuart L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Carnegie Institute for Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION SIZE; RURAL AREA; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; LEGAL ASPECT; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; ZAMBIA;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; ZAMBIA;

EID: 59249106627     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004279     Document Type: Article

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