Identifying priority areas for conservation: A global assessment for forest-dependent birds

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Buchanan, Graeme M ^a   Donald, Paul F ^a   Butchart, Stuart H M ^b  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CARBON STORAGE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INDONESIA; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); MOIST FOREST; NONHUMAN; PALAU; PHILIPPINES; RAIN FOREST; SCORING SYSTEM; SOUTH AMERICA; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS; TREE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CARBON; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; INTERNATIONALITY; TREES;

EID: 83655181906     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029080     Document Type: Article

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