Average optimacity: An index to guide site prioritization for biodiversity conservation

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 770-781

  Wilhere, George F ^a   Goering, Mark ^b   Wang, Huilin ^a  

^a WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation assessment; Conservation planning; Irreplaceability; Marxan

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOREGION; MODELING; PRIORITIZATION; RARITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; GEORGIA BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; PUGET SOUND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WILLAMETTE VALLEY;

EID: 40149088581     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.12.022     Document Type: Article

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