Integration of Land-Sharing and Land-Sparing Conservation Strategies Through Regional Networking: The Mesoamerican Biological Corridor as a Lifeline for Carnivores in El Salvador

Ambio

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 820-824

  Crespin, Silvio J ^a,b   García Villalta, Jorge E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b Instituto de Investigaciones Tropicales de El Salvador   (El Salvador)

Author keywords

Agro productive matrix; Conservation networking; Conservation targets; International cooperation; Spatial requirements

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARNIVORE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; HABITAT CORRIDOR; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MATRIX; POPULATION DENSITY; PROBABILITY; PROTECTED AREA; REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY;

EL SALVADOR [CENTRAL AMERICA]; MESOAMERICA;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CARNIVORA; ECOSYSTEM; EL SALVADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVALUATION STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CARNIVORA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; EL SALVADOR; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 84908246930     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: 16547209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-013-0470-y     Document Type: Article

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