Evidence-Based Causal Chains for Linking Health, Development, and Conservation Actions

BioScience

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 182-193

  Qiu, Jiangxiao ^a   Game, Edward T ^b,c   Tallis, Heather ^b,d   Olander, Lydia P ^e   Glew, Louise ^f   Kagan, James S ^g,h   Kalies, Elizabeth L ^b   Michanowicz, Drew ⁱ   Phelan, Jennifer ^j,k   Polasky, Stephen ^l   Reed, James ^m,n   Sills, Erin O ^o   Urban, Dean ^e   Weaver, Sarah Kate ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

^g OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^k RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^m CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

ⁿ LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^o NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

complex systems; environmental health; interdisciplinary science; landscape ecology; sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042915912     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: 15253244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biosci/bix167     Document Type: Review

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