Mapping Change in Human Pressure Globally on Land and within Protected Areas

Conservation Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1604-1616

  Geldmann, Jonas ^a,b   Joppa, Lucas N ^b,c   Burgess, Neil D ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Human footprint; Human population; IUCN management categories; Protected area; Stable nightlight

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DATA SET; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MAPPING METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; PRESSURE EFFECT; PROTECTED AREA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

SOUTHEAST ASIA;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; POPULATION DENSITY; POWER SUPPLY; PROCEDURES;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 84912575617     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12332     Document Type: Article

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