Degradation, urbanization, and restoration: A review of the challenges and future of conservation on the Korean Peninsula

Biological Conservation

Volumn 176, Issue , 2014, Pages 262-276

  Lee, Sang Don ^a   Miller Rushing, Abraham J ^b  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b Acadia National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Demilitarized zone; Jeju Island; Korean Peninsula; North Korea; Restoration; South Korea

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVORSHIP;

KOREA;

EID: 84903906453     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.05.010     Document Type: Review

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