Intertidal habitat conservation: Identifying conservation targets in the absence of detailed biological information

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 271-288

  Banks, Simon A ^a,b   Skilleter, Greg A ^a   Possingham, Hugh P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation planning; Intertidal conservation; Marine reserves; Reserve design; Siting algorithms

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MARINE PARK; RESERVE DESIGN;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 19044381226     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.683     Document Type: Article

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