Socioeconomic and political trade-offs in biodiversity conservation: A case study of the Cerrado Biodiversity Hotspot, Brazil

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 977-987

  Faleiro, Frederico V ^a   Loyola, Rafael D ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Conservation conflict; Conservation planning; Mammals; Multi criterion analysis; Spatial prioritization; Zonation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CERRADO; CONSERVATION PLANNING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; LAND USE CHANGE; MAMMAL; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; NICHE; POLITICAL CONFLICT; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRADE-OFF; ZONATION;

BRAZIL;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84880136409     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12072     Document Type: Article

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