Effectiveness of protected areas in the Western Caucasus before and after the transition to post-socialism

Biological Conservation

Volumn 184, Issue , 2015, Pages 456-464

  Bragina, E V ^a,b   Radeloff, V C ^a   Baumann, M ^c   Wendland, K ^d   Kuemmerle, T ^c   Pidgeon, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Abkhazia; Forest disturbance; Logging; Olympic Games; Random Forests; Russia; Socioeconomic shock

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; FOREST CANOPY; LANDSAT; LOGGING (TIMBER); NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; OLYMPIC GAMES; PROTECTED AREA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOCIALISM; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TIME SERIES;

ABKHAZIA; CAUCASUS; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); KRASNODAR [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOCHI;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84924567164     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.02.013     Document Type: Article

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