A method for spatial freshwater conservation prioritization

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 577-592

  Moilanen, Atte ^a,b   Leathwick, John ^c   Elith, Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Boosted regression trees; Boundary quality penalty; Connectivity; Reserve selection; Site selection algorithm

Indexed keywords

EID: 38649098129     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01906.x     Document Type: Article

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