Analytical Solutions to Trade-Offs between Size of Protected Areas and Land-Use Intensity

Conservation Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 883-893

  Butsic, Van ^a,b   Radeloff, Volker C ^a   Kuemmerle, Tobias ^b   Pidgeon, Anna M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analytical model; Human natural systems; Land sharing; Land sparing; Species richness; Sustainability; Wildlife friendly farming

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; CARRYING CAPACITY; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PROTECTED AREA; RESERVE DESIGN; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; TRADE-OFF; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; URBANIZATION;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84865986084     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01887.x     Document Type: Article

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