Exploring some of the myths of land use change: Can rural to urban migration drive declines in biodiversity?

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 844-854

  Robson, James P ^a   Berkes, Fikret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Drivers; Forest transition; Land cover change; Land use; Mexico; Oaxaca; Out migration

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CROP ROTATION; EDGE EFFECT; FOREST DYNAMICS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; PATCH SIZE; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; UPLAND REGION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; OAXACA;

EID: 79960038330     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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