Conserving critical sites for biodiversity provides disproportionate benefits to people

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Larsen, Frank W ^a,b   Turner, Will R ^a   Brooks, Thomas M ^c,d,e  

^a Science and Knowledge Division   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NATURESERVE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEFORESTATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; WATER SUPPLY; WELLBEING; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; INTERNATIONALITY; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84861635506     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036971     Document Type: Article

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