Tradeoffs of different types of species occurrence data for use in systematic conservation planning

Ecology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1136-1145

  Rondinini, Carlo ^a   Wilson, Kerrie A ^b   Boitani, Luigi ^a   Grantham, Hedley ^b   Possingham, Hugh P ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Commission error; Geographic range; Omission error; Point data; Predicted distribution data; Reserve selection

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; DATA INTERPRETATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33748744139     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2006.00970.x     Document Type: Article

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