Acting Optimally for Biodiversity in a World Obsessed with REDD+

Conservation Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 410-417

  Venter, Oscar ^a,b   Hovani, Lex ^c   Bode, Michael ^d   Possingham, Hugh ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Carbon emissions; Climate change; Ecosystem services; Orang utan (Pongo pygmaes morio); Systematic conservation planning; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

PONGO; PONGO PYGMAEUS;

EID: 84934094936     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12018     Document Type: Article

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