A multicriteria approach to reserve selection: Addressing long-term biodiversity maintenance

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 769-793

  Reyers, B ^a   Fairbanks, D H K ^a   Wessels, K J ^b   Van Jaarsveld, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biodiversity maintenance; Ordination analysis; Process; Reserve selection; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; NATURE CONSERVATION; RESERVE DESIGN; SITE SELECTION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

AVES; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 0036100092     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015315405292     Document Type: Article

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