Conservation challenges for the austral and neotropical America section

Conservation Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 811-817

  Ceballos, Gerardo ^a   Vale, Mariana M ^b   Bonacic, Cristian ^c   Calvo Alvarado, Julio ^d   List, Rurik ^a   Bynum, Nora ^e   MedellÍn, Rodrigo A ^a   Simonetti, Javier A ^f   RodrÍguez, Jon Paul ^g  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^e DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^g INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Am rica Austral y Neotropical; Am rica Latina; Desarrollo de capacidades

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CORRUPTION; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SURVEY;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; SOUTH AMERICA; TROPIC CLIMATE;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; SOUTH AMERICA; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 67650436079     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01286.x     Document Type: Article

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