Regional assessment of Latin America: Rapid urban development and social economic inequity threaten biodiversity hotspots

Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities: A Global Assessment

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 589-608

  Pauchard, Aníbal ^a,b   Barbosa, Olga ^b,c   Maira, Javiera ^c   Rojas, Carolina ^a   Villagra, Paula ^c   Faggi, Ana ^d   Márquez, Fabio ^e   Aponte, Gloria ^f   Mac Gregor Fors, Ian ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d Universidad de Flores   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^f Universidad Pontifi cia Bolivariana   (Colombia)

^g INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biodiversity hotspots; Cities; Peri urban ecosystems; South America; Urbanization impacts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948140904     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7088-1_28     Document Type: Chapter

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