The effects of governmental protected areas and social initiatives for land protection on the conservation of Mexican amphibians

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Ochoa Ochoa, Leticia ^a,b   Urbina Cardona, J Nicolás ^b,c   Vázquez, Luis Bernardo ^d   Flores Villela, Oscar ^b,e   Bezaury Creel, Juan ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c Wildlife Conservation Society Colombia   (Colombia)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE CONSERVACIÓN DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^f THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; NONHUMAN; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SPECIES CONSERVATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; POLICY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WILD ANIMAL;

AMPHIBIA;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MEXICO; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 70149117524     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006878     Document Type: Article

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