Incorporating biological information in local land-use decision making: Designing a system for conservation planning

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-45

  Theobald, David M ^a   Hobbs, N T ^a,b   Bearly, Tammy ^a   Zack, Jim A ^c   Shenk, Tanya ^b   Riebsame, William E ^d  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Colorado Division of Wildlife ^*  (United States)

^c Geomega   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative design; Conservation planning; GIS; Land use

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033969263     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008165311026     Document Type: Article

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