Biodiversity conservation and livelihoods in human-dominated landscapes: Forest commons in South Asia

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2918-2925

  Persha, Lauren ^a   Fischer, Harry ^b   Chhatre, Ashwini ^b   Agrawal, Arun ^a   Benson, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Decentralization; Institutions; Multiple outcomes; Protected areas; Tree species richness

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; DATA SET; DECENTRALIZATION; FODDER; FOREST COVER; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LANDSCAPE; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TIMBER; VEGETATION INDEX;

BHUTAN; INDIA; NEPAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 78149495884     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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