Using a GIS to select priority areas for conservation

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 79-93

  Woodhouse, S ^a   Lovett, A ^a   Dolman, P ^a   Fuller, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; DCA; GIS; MCLP; Priority weightings; Reserve selection

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ORDINATION; DETRENDED CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; MAXIMAL COVERING LOCATION PROBLEM; PRIORITY WEIGHTINGS; RESERVE SELECTION;

ALGORITHMS; CONSERVATION; DATA ACQUISITION; ECOSYSTEMS; GLOBAL WARMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SITE SELECTION;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

CONSERVATION PLANNING; GIS; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES;

EID: 0034162210     PISSN: 01989715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0198-9715(99)00046-0     Document Type: Article

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