Identification of Areas in Brazil that Optimize Conservation of Forest Carbon, Jaguars, and Biodiversity

Conservation Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 580-593

  De Barros, Alan E ^a   Macdonald, Ewan A ^a   Matsumoto, Marcelo H ^b   Paula, Rogério C ^c   Nijhawan, Sahil ^d   Malhi, Y ^a   Macdonald, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^c CENAP National Research Center for Carnivore Conservation   (Brazil)

^d PANTHERA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corridors; Multicriteria decision; Prioritization; PROMETHEE

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOME; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECISION ANALYSIS; DEFORESTATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FELID; FOREST COVER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT CORRIDOR; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PRIORITIZATION; TROPICAL REGION;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

PANTHERA; PANTHERA ONCA;

CARBON;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; PANTHERA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CARBON; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; PANTHERA;

EID: 84896313801     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12202     Document Type: Article

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