Protected areas and effective biodiversity conservation

Science

Volumn 342, Issue 6160, 2013, Pages 803-805

  Le Saout, Soizic ^a   Hoffmann, Michael ^b,c   Shi, Yichuan ^b,c   Hughes, Adrian ^b   Bernard, Cyril ^a   Brooks, Thomas M ^b,d   Bertzky, Bastian ^c,i   Butchart, Stuart H M ^e   Stuart, Simon N ^b,c,f,g,h   Badman, Tim ^b   Rodrigues, Ana S L ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b IUCN   (Switzerland)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^f Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^g University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^h Al Ain Zoo   (United Arab Emirates)

ⁱ JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EXTINCTION; PROTECTED AREA; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

AMPHIBIA; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MAMMAL; NATIONAL PARK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; UNITED NATIONS; AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CENTRAL AMERICA; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ETHIOPIA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TREE; WOLF;

AFRICA, EASTERN; AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; ASIA; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; ETHIOPIA; MAMMALS; SOUTH AMERICA; TREES; WOLVES;

EID: 84887731114     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1239268     Document Type: Review

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