Efficiency and concordance of alternative methods for minimizing opportunity costs in conservation planning

Conservation Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 886-896

  Cameron, Susan E ^a   Williams, Kristen J ^b   Mitchell, David K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Conservation International ^*  (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Complementarity; Land use planning; Marxan; New Guinea; Opportunity cost; Systematic conservation planning

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEMENTARITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; LAND USE PLANNING; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; RESOURCE SCARCITY; SOFTWARE;

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; NEW GUINEA;

MELANESIA; MILNE BAY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 48749095487     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.00982.x     Document Type: Article

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