Contributions of paraecologists and parataxonomists to research, conservation, and social development

Conservation Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 506-519

  Schmiedel, Ute ^a   Araya, Yoseph ^b   Bortolotto, Maria Ieda ^a,c   Boeckenhoff, Linda ^d   Hallwachs, Winnie ^e   Janzen, Daniel ^e   Kolipaka, Shekhar S ^f   Novotny, Vojtech ^g   Palm, Matilda ^h   Parfondry, Marc ⁱ   Smanis, Athanasios ^j   Toko, Pagi ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^h CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^k New Guinea Binatang Research Center   (Papua New Guinea)

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Author keywords

Biodiversity assessment; Development cooperation; Natural resource management; Non academic capacity development; Participatory research; Wildland conservation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING WORLD; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; RESEARCH PROGRAM; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; STAKEHOLDER; TRAINING;

COSTA RICA; EUROPE; INDIA; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; UNITED STATES;

AFRICA; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; COSTA RICA; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPE; HUMAN; INDIA; SOCIAL CHANGE;

AFRICA, SOUTHERN; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COSTA RICA; ECOLOGY; EUROPE; HUMANS; INDIA; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 84964447033     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12661     Document Type: Article

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