Evaluating heterogeneous conservation effects of forest protection in Indonesia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Shah, Payal ^a   Baylis, Kathy ^b  

^a OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INDONESIA; NATIONAL PARK; FOREST;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORESTS; INDONESIA;

EID: 84931275338     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124872     Document Type: Article

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