Protected area effectiveness in reducing conversion in a rapidly vanishing ecosystem: The Brazilian Cerrado

Conservation Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 216-223

  Carranza, Tharsila ^a   Balmford, Andrew ^a   Kapos, Valerie ^a,b   Manica, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Cerrado; Conservation; Effectiveness; Habitat conversion; Matching methods; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897528913     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12049     Document Type: Article

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