Integrating economic costs and biological traits into global conservation priorities for carnivores

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Loyola, Rafael Dias ^a   Oliveira Santos, Liuz Gustavo Rodrigues ^b   Almeida Neto, Mário ^c   Nogueira, Denise Martins ^d   Kubota, Umberto ^d   Diniz Filho, José Alexandre Felizola ^a   Lewinsohn, Thomas Michael ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CARNIVORE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; ANIMAL; CARNIVORA; COST; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; CARNIVORA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; PLANNING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 69849083921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006807     Document Type: Article

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