Optimal reserve selection in a dynamic world

Biological Conservation

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-41

  Strange, Niels ^a   Thorsen, Bo Jellesmark ^a   Bladt, Jesper ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Dynamic programming; Reserve network; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; EXTINCTION; PLANNING METHOD; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 33646138255     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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