Implications of land cover change on ecosystems services and people's dependency: A case study from the Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 28, Issue , 2016, Pages 200-211

  Chaudhary, Sunita ^a,e   Chettri, Nakul ^a   Uddin, Kabir ^a   Khatri, Top B ^b   Dhakal, Maheshwar ^c   Bajracharya, Birendra ^a   Ning, Wu ^a,d  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

^b Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation   (Nepal)

^c Department of Forest   (Nepal)

^d CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^e MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capacity; Dependency; Ecosystem services; Impacts; Land cover

Indexed keywords

EID: 84970005260     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2016.04.002     Document Type: Article

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