Applying ecology for cave management in China and neighbouring countries

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 520-523

  Whitten, Tony ^a,b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Cave ecology; Cave fauna; Cave management; China; Conservation; Guangxi; Hubei; Karst; Offset; World Bank

Indexed keywords

CAVE; DAMAGE; ENDEMISM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FINANCIAL PROVISION; KARST; NATURE CONSERVATION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PROTECTED AREA; TOURISM; WORLD BANK;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGXI ZHUANGZU; HUBEI;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 65349108238     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01630.x     Document Type: Article

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