The challenge of monitoring biodiversity in payment for environmental service interventions

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2832-2841

  Sommerville, Matt M ^a   Milner Gulland, E J ^a   Jones, Julia P G ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Conditional; Ecosystem services; Lemur; Madagascar; PES; Statistical power

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; RARE SPECIES; REMOTE SENSING;

MADAGASCAR; MENABE; TOLIARA;

LEMUR; LEMURIDAE;

EID: 83555162634     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.07.036     Document Type: Article

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