Reconciling conflicting perspectives for biodiversity conservation in the Anthropocene

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 131-137

  Kueffer, Christoph ^a   Kaiser Bunbury, Christopher N ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; ANTHROPOCENE; CONSERVATION STATUS; LAND USE;

EID: 84903138785     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/120201     Document Type: Article

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