Trends in Deforestation and Forest Degradation after a Decade of Monitoring in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Mexico

Conservation Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 177-186

  Vidal, Omar ^a   López García, José ^b   Rendón Salinas, Eduardo ^c  

^a World Wildlife Fund Mexico   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c World Wildlife Fund Mexico Programa Mariposa Monarca   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Federal government; Gobierno federal; Habitat loss; Illegal logging; Payment for ecosystem services

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; DEFORESTATION; FINANCIAL PROVISION; FOREST COVER; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; HISTORICAL RECORD; LAND DEGRADATION; LOGGING (GEOPHYSICS); PROTECTED AREA; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MONARCH BUTTERFLY BIOSPHERE RESERVE;

DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; HEXAPODA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOBIERNO FEDERAL; GOVERNMENT; HABITAT LOSS; ILLEGAL LOGGING; MEXICO; PAGO POR SERVICIOS AMBIENTALES; PAYMENT FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; PÉRDIDA DE HÁBITAT; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TALA ILEGAL;

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; GOBIERNO FEDERAL; HABITAT LOSS; ILLEGAL LOGGING; PAGO POR SERVICIOS AMBIENTALES; PAYMENT FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; PÉRDIDA DE HÁBITAT; TALA ILEGAL;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEXICO; SEASONS;

EID: 84893642773     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12138     Document Type: Article

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