Conserving biodiversity efficiently: What to do, where, and when

PLoS Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1850-1861

  Wilson, Kerrie A ^a   Underwood, Emma C ^b   Morrison, Scott A ^c   Klausmeyer, Kirk R ^c   Murdoch, William W ^d   Reyers, Belinda ^e   Wardell Johnson, Grant ^a   Marquet, Pablo A ^f,g,h,i   Rundel, Phil W ^j   McBride, Marissa F ^k   Pressey, Robert L ^a   Bode, Michael ^a   Hoekstra, Jon M ^c   Andelman, Sandy ^l   Looker, Michael ^c   Rondinini, Carlo ^m   Kareiva, Peter ^c   Shaw, M Rebecca ^c   Possingham, Hugh P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^f Center for Advanced Studies in Ecology and Biodiversity   (Chile)

^g PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^h INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

ⁱ NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^l Center for Applied Biodiversity Science   (United States)

^m SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPECIES INVASION; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY;

VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 34548686793     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0050223     Document Type: Article

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