A scale-independent, site conservation planning framework in The Nature Conservancy

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 43, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 143-156

  Poiani, Karen A ^a   Baumgartner, Jeffrey V ^b   Buttrick, Steven C ^b   Green, Shelley L ^b   Hopkins, Edward ^b   Ivey, George D ^b   Seaton, Katherine P ^b   Sutter, Robert D ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Applied conservation; Biodiversity; Ecosystem based management; Landscape design; Site conservation planning; The Nature Conservancy

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032576557     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2046(97)00086-8     Document Type: Article

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