A Spatially Explicit Estimate of Avoided Forest Loss

Conservation Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1032-1043

  Honey Rosés, Jordi ^a   Baylis, Kathy ^a   Ramírez, M Isabel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

An lisis espacial; Avoided deforestation; Deforestaci n evitada; Estimadores pareados; H bitat de mariposa monarca; Matching estimators; M xico; Mexico; Monarch butterfly habitat; Pago de servicios ambientales; Payment for environmental services; REDD; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEFORESTATION; DISTURBANCE; FOREST COVER; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; LANDSCAPE; OVERWINTERING; PROTECTED AREA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BUTTERFLY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; TREE;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEXICO; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TREES;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

DANAUS PLEXIPPUS;

EID: 80052568412     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01729.x     Document Type: Article

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