Increasing effectiveness of conservation decisions: A system and its application

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-90

  Bunnell, Fred L ^a   Fraser, David F ^b   Harcombe, Andrew P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Ministry of Environment British Columbia   (Canada)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

At risk; Biodiversity; Decision making; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; PRIORITIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 59049086336     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3375/043.029.0110     Document Type: Review

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