Making consistent IUCN classifications under uncertainty

Conservation Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1001-1013

  Akçakaya, H Reşit ^a   Ferson, Scott ^a   Burgman, Mark A ^b   Keith, David A ^c   Mace, Georgina M ^d   Todd, Charles R ^e  

^a APPLIED BIOMATHEMATICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

^d INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION;

CLASSIFICATION; CONSERVATION STATUS; DECISION MAKING; GUIDELINE;

EID: 0342657048     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2000.99125.x     Document Type: Article

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