Sensitivity of conservation planning to different approaches to using predicted species distribution data

Biological Conservation

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 99-112

  Wilson, Kerrie A ^a   Westphal, Michael I ^b   Possingham, Hugh P ^a   Elith, Jane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation planning; Reserve design; Species distribution models; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; RESERVE DESIGN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 4644362931     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.07.004     Document Type: Article

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