The Anthropocene concept in ecology and conservation

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 36-41

  Corlett, Richard T ^a  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Holocene; New conservation; Novel ecosystems; Planetary boundaries

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; EXTINCTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HOLOCENE; PARAMETERIZATION; PLEISTOCENE;

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TIME; TRENDS;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; GEOLOGY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84919625977     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.10.007     Document Type: Review

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