Assessing the performance of the existing and proposed network of marine protected areas to conserve marine biodiversity in Chile

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3147-3153

  Tognelli, Marcelo F ^a,b,c   Fernández, Miriam ^a,d   Marquet, Pablo A ^a,e  

^a Center for Advanced Studies in Ecology and Biodiversity   (Chile)

^b LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^e INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic pressures; Chile; Marine biodiversity; Priority sites; Protected areas; Systematic conservation planning

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE PARK; NATURE CONSERVATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRIORITIZATION; VULNERABILITY;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70350755590     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.08.016     Document Type: Article

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