Coupled human and natural systems approach to wildlife research and conservation

Ecology and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Carter, Neil H ^a   Viña, Andrés ^b   Hull, Vanessa ^b   McConnell, William J ^b   Axinn, William ^c   Ghimire, Dirgha ^c   Liu, Jianguo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex systems; Conservation; Endangered species; Interdisciplinary science; Wildlife science

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA;

CHINA; CHITWAN NATIONAL PARK; NARAYANI; NEPAL; SICHUAN; WOLONG NATURE RESERVE;

EID: 84911446704     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-06881-19034     Document Type: Article

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