Selecting networks of nature reserves: Methods do affect the long-term outcome

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1424, 1999, Pages 1141-1146

  Virolainen, Kaija M ^a   Virola, Teija ^a   Suhonen, Jukka ^a   Kuitunen, Markku ^a   Lammi, Antti ^a   Siikamäki, Pirkko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Heuristic methods; Nature conservation; Optimization algorithms; Reserve selection; Scoring methods

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; NATURE RESERVE; SELECTION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FINLAND; LAKE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FINLAND;

EID: 0033532677     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0755     Document Type: Article

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