Environmental gap analysis to prioritize conservation efforts in eastern Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Van Breugel, Paulo ^a,b   Kindt, Roeland ^b   Barnekow Lillesø, Jens Peter ^a   Van Breugel, Michiel ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^c YALE NUS COLLEGE   (Singapore)

^d SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; GRASSLAND; KENYA; MALAWI; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RWANDA; TANZANIA; UGANDA; VEGETATION; ZAMBIA; AFRICA; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PROCEDURES; RISK;

AFRICA, EASTERN; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK;

EID: 84928902729     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121444     Document Type: Article

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