Mapping and navigating mammalian conservation: From analysis to action

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1578, 2011, Pages 2712-2721

  Redford, Kent H ^a   Ray, Justina C ^b   Boitani, Luigi ^c  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b WCS Canada   (Canada)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Implementation; Mammal conservation; Scale; Strategies; Values

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; MAMMAL; PRIORITIZATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ANIMAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAMMAL; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MAMMALS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 80051636638     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0118     Document Type: Review

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