Scheduling conservation action in production landscapes: Priority areas in western New South Wales defined by irreplaceability and vulnerability to vegetation loss

Biological Conservation

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 355-376

  Pressey, R L ^a   Taffs, K H ^a,b  

^a NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation priority; Conservation value; Cropping; Land clearing; Protected areas; Reservation; Threats

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HABITAT LOSS; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PRIORITIZATION; VULNERABILITY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034953890     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(01)00039-8     Document Type: Article

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