Conservation planning with irreplaceability: Does the method matter?

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 245-258

  Carwardine, J ^a   Rochester, W A ^b   Richardson, K S ^c   Williams, K J ^b   Pressey, R L ^a   Possingham, H P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; C Plan; Conservation Planning; Irreplaceability; Marxan; Reserve compactness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DESIGN METHOD; LAND USE; RESERVE DESIGN;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BRIGALOW BELT; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 33846955075     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-006-9055-4     Document Type: Article

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