Contrasting perceptions of ecosystem services of an African forest park

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 330-340

  Hartter, Joel ^a   Solomon, Jennifer ^b   Ryan, Sadie J ^c,d,e   Jacobson, Susan K ^f   Goldman, Abe ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

community census; ecosystem services; geographic sampling; Kibale National Park; parks

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; PARKING; SURVEYS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COMMUNITY CENSUS; ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; GENERAL LINEAR MODELS; NATIONAL PARKS; PERCEIVED BENEFITS; PUBLIC PERCEPTION; SAMPLING TECHNIQUE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 84908887567     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892914000071     Document Type: Article

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