Influence of targets and assessment region size on perceived conservation priorities

Environmental Management

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 130-137

  Diamond, David D ^a   True, C Diane ^a   Gordon, Taisia M ^a   Sowa, Scott P ^a   Foster, Walter E ^b   Jones, K Bruce ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation assessment; Conservation priorities; Conservation targets; Missouri Ozarks

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DATA ACQUISITION; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS;

ASSESSMENT REGIONS; CONSERVATION TARGETS; OPPORTUNITY LAYER (OA);

BIODIVERSITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; NATURE CONSERVATION; PRIORITIZATION; TARGETING;

ARTICLE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVALUATION; LAND BIOME; UNITED STATES;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC OPINION;

MISSOURI; NORTH AMERICA; OZARK COUNTY; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 20044395279     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-004-0113-y     Document Type: Article

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