Effectiveness of Nature Reserve System for Conserving Tropical Forests: A Statistical Evaluation of Hainan Island, China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Wang, Wei ^a   Pechacek, Peter ^a   Zhang, Mingxia ^b,c   Xiao, Nengwen ^a   Zhu, Jianguo ^c   Li, Junsheng ^a  

^a CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^c KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFORESTATION; DISTANCE TO NEAREST ROAD; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; FOREST AREA; FOREST ELEVATION; FOREST FRAGMENTATION; FOREST PATCH; FOREST SLOPE; GENERAL LINEAR MODEL; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; NATURE RESERVE SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; UNPROTECTED AREA; UNPROTECTED LANDSCAPE;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84874561792     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057561     Document Type: Article

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