Does conservation planning matter in a dynamic and uncertain world?

Ecology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 615-622

  Meir, Eli ^a,b   Andelman, Sandy ^b   Possingham, Hugh P ^b,c  

^a SimBiotic Software   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Optimisation; Reserve design; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; DESIGN; PROTECTED AREA; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 3843121942     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00624.x     Document Type: Article

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