When to stop managing or surveying cryptic threatened species

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 37, 2008, Pages 13936-13940

  Chadès, Iadine ^a   McDonald Madden, Eve ^b   McCarthy, Michael A ^c   Wintle, Brendan ^c   Linkie, Matthew ^d   Possingham, Hugh P ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation planning; Decision theory; Optimal monitoring; Sumatran tiger

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; DECISION THEORY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIGER;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIGERS;

PANTHERA TIGRIS SUMATRAE;

EID: 52949130619     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0805265105     Document Type: Article

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