Local scale comparisons of biodiversity as a test for global protected area ecological performance: A meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Coetzee, Bernard W T ^a,b   Gaston, Kevin J ^c   Chown, Steven L ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES RICHNESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; FOREST; META ANALYSIS;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTS;

EID: 84916621869     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105824     Document Type: Article

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