Selecting conservation reserves using species-covering models: Adapting the ARC/INFO GIS

Transactions in GIS

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-60

  Gerrard, Ross A ^a   Church, Richard L ^b   Stoms, David M ^b   Davis, Frank W ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BUDGET CONTROL; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION; COVERING MODEL; FIXED NUMBERS; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; LAND ACQUISITION; LOCATION-ALLOCATION; LOGICAL NETWORK; OPTIMAL SELECTION; OR COVERINGS; RESERVE SYSTEM;

CONSERVATION;

ARC/INFO; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GIS; NATIVE CONSERVATION; NATURE RESERVE; PLANNING METHOD; PROTECTED AREA; SITE SELECTION;

USA;

EID: 0031431954     PISSN: 13611682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9671.1997.tb00004.x     Document Type: Article

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