Governance factors in the identification of global conservation priorities for mammals

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1578, 2011, Pages 2661-2669

  Eklund, Johanna ^a   Arponen, Anni ^a   Visconti, Piero ^b,c   Cabeza, Mar ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conservation effectiveness; Corruption; Good governance; Mammals; Spatial conservation prioritization

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; CORRUPTION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMISM; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; MAMMAL; PRIORITIZATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEGAL ASPECT; MAMMAL; METHODOLOGY; POLICY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GOVERNMENT; MAMMALS; POLICY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 80051646967     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0114     Document Type: Article

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