Wild, connected, and diverse: Building a more resilient system of protected areas

Ecological Applications

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1050-1056

  Belote, R Travis ^a   Dietz, Matthew S ^b   Jenkins, Clinton N ^c   McKinley, Peter S ^d   Irwin, G Hugh ^e   Fullman, Timothy J ^f   Leppi, Jason C ^f   Aplet, Gregory H ^b  

^a Wilderness Society Bozeman   (United States)

^b Wilderness Society Washington DC   (United States)

^c Instituto de Pesquisas Ecologicas   (Brazil)

^d Wilderness Society   (United States)

^e Wilderness Society   (United States)

^f The Wilderness Society   (United States)

Author keywords

biodiversity; connectivity; conservation corridors; conservation reserves; Half Earth representation; protected areas; wildlands

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONNECTIVITY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT LOSS; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA; WILDERNESS AREA;

UNITED STATES;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85020237337     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eap.1527     Document Type: Article

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