Influence of representation targets on the total area of conservation-area networks

Conservation Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 673-682

  Justus, James ^a   Fuller, Trevon ^a   Sarkar, Sahotra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation objectives; Conservation planning; Conservation site prioritization; Representation targets; Reserve selection; Scale analysis; Selection of conservation areas

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DATA SET; PROTECTED AREA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SURROGATE METHOD; VEGETATION TYPE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; KOREA; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; KOREA; MEXICO; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; QUEBEC; QUEENSLAND; WEST VIRGINIA;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; QUEENSLAND; UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 44949177460     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.00928.x     Document Type: Article

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