Mapping direct human influence on the world's mountain areas

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 197-202

  Rodríguez Rodríguez, David ^a   Bomhard, Bastian ^b  

^a CSIC Instituto de Economia Geografia y Demografia IEGD   (Spain)

^b UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Direct human influence; global mapping; Human Influence Index (HII); mountains; protected areas

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MOUNTAIN REGION; PROTECTED AREA;

EID: 84862542668     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-10-00111.1     Document Type: Article

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