Harnessing degraded lands for biodiversity conservation

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-23

  Plieninger, Tobias ^a,b   Gaertner, Mirijam ^c  

^a Berlin Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Conservation planning; Land degradation; Marginal land; Novel ecosystems

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CROP PRODUCTION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; LAND DEGRADATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT;

HARNESS;

EID: 78651458935     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2010.04.001     Document Type: Review

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