How representative is the protected areas system of Nepal? A gap analysis based on geophysical and biological features

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 282-294

  Shrestha, Uttam Babu ^a,b   Shrestha, Sujata ^a   Chaudhary, Pashupati ^a   Chaudhary, Ram Prasad ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

comparison index; Gap analysis; geographical information system (GIS); Nepal; protected areas; representativeness

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BIRD; CITES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; GIS; HERPETOFAUNA; MAMMAL; MOUNTAIN REGION; PROTECTED AREA;

NEPAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77956027654     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-10-00019.1     Document Type: Article

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