Designing a spatially-explicit nature reserve network based on ecological functions: An integer programming approach

Biological Conservation

Volumn 140, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 236-249

  Jiang, Yong ^a   Swallow, Stephen K ^a   Paton, Peter W C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Dispersal behavior; Metapopulation; Reserve site selection; Spatial location

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CONSERVATION; DESIGN METHOD; DISPERSAL; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; METAPOPULATION; NATURE RESERVE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SITE SELECTION;

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 35448970491     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.08.009     Document Type: Article

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