Evaluating the efficacy of zoning designations for protected area management

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3028-3037

  Hull, Vanessa ^a   Xu, Weihua ^b   Liu, Wei ^a   Zhou, Shiqiang ^c   Viña, Andrés ^a   Zhang, Jindong ^b   Tuanmu, Mao Ning ^a   Huang, Jinyan ^c   Linderman, Marc ^a,d   Chen, Xiaodong ^a,e   Huang, Yan ^c   Ouyang, Zhiyun ^b   Zhang, Hemin ^c   Liu, Jianguo ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c China Conservation and Research   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Development; Giant panda; Protected area; Zoning

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEAR; BIODIVERSITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; PROTECTED AREA; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; ZONING;

CHINA; SICHUAN; WOLONG NATURE RESERVE;

AILUROPODA; AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA;

EID: 83555165081     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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