Cost-effective conservation: Calculating biodiversity and logging trade-offs in Southeast Asia

Conservation Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 443-450

  Fisher, Brendan ^a   Edwards, David P ^a   Larsen, Trond H ^b   Ansell, Felicity A ^c   Hsu, Wayne W ^d   Roberts, Carter S ^e   Wilcove, David S ^a,f  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Science and Knowledge Division   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

^f PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Birds; Borneo; Cost effectiveness; Dung beetles; Forest degradation; Logging

Indexed keywords

AVES; COLEOPTERA; ELAEIS;

EID: 82955169229     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2011.00198.x     Document Type: Article

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