Wildlife population trends in protected areas predicted by national socio-economic metrics and body size

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Barnes, Megan D ^a   Craigie, Ian D ^b   Harrison, Luke B ^c   Geldmann, Jonas ^d,e   Collen, Ben ^f   Whitmee, Sarah ^g   Balmford, Andrew ^e   Burgess, Neil D ^d,h   Brooks, Thomas ^i,j,k   Hockings, Marc ^a,h,i   Woodley, Stephen ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ IUCN   (Switzerland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS   (Philippines)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^l Woodley and Associates   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; BODY SIZE; CONSERVATION STATUS; MAMMAL; PROTECTED AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

BIRD; BODY SIZE; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MODEL; SPECIES; STATISTICAL MODEL; WILDLIFE; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PROCEDURES; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRENDS; WILD ANIMAL;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES;

EID: 84986182440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12747     Document Type: Article

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