Prioritizing areas for conservation and vegetation restoration in post-agricultural landscapes: A Biosphere Reserve plan for Bioko, Equatorial Guinea

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 787-794

  Zafra Calvo, Noelia ^a   Cerro, Rowena ^b   Fuller, Trevon ^b,c   Lobo, Jorge M ^d   Rodríguez, Miguel Á ^a   Sarkar, Sahotra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioko; Gap analysis; Reserve selection; West Africa

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; BIOSPHERE; BUFFER ZONE; GAP DYNAMICS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; NATURE RESERVE; RAINFOREST; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; VEGETATION TYPE;

BIOKO; EQUATORIAL GUINEA;

AVES; DICOTYLEDONEAE; FILICOPHYTA; LILIOPSIDA; PRIMATES; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 76649090914     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.12.022     Document Type: Article

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