Protected Areas in South Asia Have Not Prevented Habitat Loss: A Study Using Historical Models of Land-Use Change

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Clark, Natalie E ^a,b   Boakes, Elizabeth H ^b,c   McGowan, Philip J K ^d   Mace, Georgina M ^b,c   Fuller, Richard A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HABITAT LOSS; HISTORY; LAND USE; SOUTH ASIA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ASIA; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS;

EID: 84878613785     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065298     Document Type: Article

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