The Role of Protected Areas in the Avoidance of Anthropogenic Conversion in a High Pressure Region: A Matching Method Analysis in the Core Region of the Brazilian Cerrado.

PLoS One · 2015 · PMC4519267 · PMID 26222140

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The matching method and the procedure used for choosing the best groups of covariates enabled a highly significant reduction of bias in the estimates of the protected area effectiveness toward anthropic conversion and ultimately reduced the influence of covariates.

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