Biodiversity priority areas and religions - A global analysis of spatial overlap

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Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 17-22

  Mikusiński, Grzegorz ^a   Possingham, Hugh P ^b   Blicharska, Malgorzata ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity templates; Environmental attitudes; Environmental ethics; Religion

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CATHOLICISM; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; PRIORITIZATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84890489826     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605312000993     Document Type: Article

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