Scientific evidence and potential barriers in the management of Brazilian protected areas

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Giehl, Eduardo L H ^a,b   Moretti, Marcela ^b   Walsh, Jessica C ^c   Batalha, Marco A ^b   Cook, Carly N ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; MANAGER; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAINING; ALGORITHM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PROCEDURES; RESEARCH; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ALGORITHMS; BRAZIL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RESEARCH;

EID: 85009124875     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169917     Document Type: Article

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