A proposal for fuzzy International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) categories and criteria

Biological Conservation

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 101-108

  Regan, Helen M ^a   Colyvan, Mark ^b   Burgman, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation status; Endangered; Extinct; Fuzzy set theory; IUCN criteria; Threat; Vagueness

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; CONSERVATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES;

EID: 0033991633     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(99)00060-9     Document Type: Article

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