Finding the tradeoffs between the reserve design and representation

Environmental Management

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 327-337

  Rothley, Kristina D ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Maximum coverage problem; Minimum representation problem; Representativeness; Reserve design; Spatial reserve design principles

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; MAXIMUM COVERAGE PROBLEM; MINIMUM REPRESENTATION PROBLEM; REPRESENTATIVENESS; RESERVE DESIGN; SPATIAL RESERVE DESIGN PRINCIPLES;

CONSERVATION; FUNCTIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; RESERVE DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISPERSION; HYPOTHESIS; LANDSCAPE; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 33746714930     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-005-0258-3     Document Type: Article

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