Understanding local-scale drivers of biodiversity outcomes in terrestrial protected areas

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1399, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 42-60

  Barnes, Megan D ^a   Craigie, Ian D ^b   Dudley, Nigel ^a,c   Hockings, Marc ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c EQUILIBRIUM RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

assessment; effectiveness; evaluation; national reserves; parks

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; DRIVER; ECOLOGY; HUMAN; SPECIES; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRENDS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84997418621     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.13154     Document Type: Review

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