From Bottleneck to Breakthrough: Urbanization and the Future of Biodiversity Conservation

BioScience

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 412-426

  Sanderson, Eric W ^a   Walston, Joseph ^b   Robinson, John G ^a  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

cities; consumption; demographic transition; natural resources; poverty alleviation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85048597911     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: 15253244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biy039     Document Type: Review

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