Effectiveness of protected areas for representing species and populations of terrestrial mammals in Costa Rica

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  González Maya, José F ^a,b   Víquez R, Luis R ^a   Belant, Jerrold L ^c   Ceballos, Gerardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b Proyecto de Conservación de Aguas Y Tierras ProCAT Colombia/Internacional ^*  (Colombia)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; COSTA RICA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES RICHNESS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; BIODIVERSITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MAMMAL; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COSTA RICA; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HUMANS; MAMMALS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84929379755     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124480     Document Type: Article

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