The performance of nature reserves in capturing the biological diversity on Hainan Island, China

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 800-810

  Wu, Ruidong ^a   Ma, Guangzhi ^a   Long, Yongcheng ^b   Yu, Jiehua ^a   Li, Shining ^c   Jiang, Haisheng ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^c Hainan Forestry Department   (China)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Environmental units; Hainan Island; Land ownership; Nature reserve; Systematic conservation planning; Terrestrial vertebrate species; Vegetation types

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CAPTURE METHOD; COASTAL ZONE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HABITAT TYPE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LANDOWNERSHIP; MOUNTAIN REGION; NATURAL RESOURCE; NATURE RESERVE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; SOIL FERTILITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TERRAIN; VEGETATION TYPE;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VERTEBRATE;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRATES;

CHINA; HAINAN;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79955831973     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-011-0440-5     Document Type: Article

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