The effect of incremental reserve design and changing reservation goals on the long-term efficiency of reserve systems

Conservation Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 346-354

  Stewart, Romola R ^a   Ball, Ian R ^b   Possingham, Hugh P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation planning; Conservation targets; Efficiency; Incremental reserve design; Irreplaceability; Marine biodiversity; Marine reserves

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE PARK; RESERVE DESIGN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SEA;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANS AND SEAS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33947522273     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00618.x     Document Type: Article

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