Emerging Technologies to Conserve Biodiversity

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 685-696

  Pimm, Stuart L ^a   Alibhai, Sky ^b   Bergl, Richard ^c   Dehgan, Alex ^d   Giri, Chandra ^a   Jewell, Zoë ^b   Joppa, Lucas ^e   Kays, Roland ^f,g   Loarie, Scott ^h  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAS INSTITUTE INC   (United States)

^c North Carolina Zoological Park   (United States)

^d Conservation X Labs ^*  (United States)

^e MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

^f NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^g NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Crowdsourcing; Innovation; Remote sensing; Technology; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; INNOVATION; POACHING; REMOTE SENSING; SURVIVAL; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PLANT; PROCEDURES; REMOTE SENSING; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; PLANTS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84975763656     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2015.08.008     Document Type: Review

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