Great apes and biodiversity offset projects in Africa: The case for national offset strategies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Kormos, Rebecca ^a   Kormos, Cyril F ^b   Humle, Tatyana ^c   Lanjouw, Annette ^d   Rainer, Helga ^d   Victurine, Ray ^e   Mittermeier, Russell A ^f   Diallo, Mamadou S ^g   Rylands, Anthony B ^f   Williamson, Elizabeth A ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WILD Foundation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^d Arcus Foundation   (United Kingdom)

^e WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^f Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^g Guinée écologie   (Guinea-Bissau)

^h UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APE; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CASE STUDY; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GUINEA; HYDROPOWER; LANDSCAPE; MINING; NONHUMAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; SIERRA LEONE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES HABITAT; STANDARDIZATION; AFRICA; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; HOMINID;

HOMINIDAE;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HOMINIDAE;

EID: 84910654814     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111671     Document Type: Article

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