Warfare in biodiversity hotspots

Conservation Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 578-587

  Hanson, Thor ^a   Brooks, Thomas M ^b,c,d   Da Fonseca, Gustavo A B ^e,f   Hoffmann, Michael ^b,g   Lamoreux, John F ^b,h   MacHlis, Gary ^a   Mittermeier, Cristina G ^b   Mittermeier, Russell A ^b   Pilgrim, John D ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS   (Philippines)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e Global Environment Facility   (United States)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^g IUCN   (Switzerland)

^h TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ BirdLife International in Indochina   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Biodiversity hotspots; Conflict; Protected areas; War; Warfare ecology

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; MONTANE FOREST; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA; WAR;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; WAR;

AFRICA, EASTERN; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ORGANIZATIONS; WAR;

EID: 65949086178     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01166.x     Document Type: Article

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