Incorporating ecological and evolutionary processes into continental-scale conservation planning

Ecological Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 206-217

  Klein, Carissa ^a   Wilson, Kerrie ^a   Watts, Matthew ^a   Stein, Janet ^b   Berry, Sandra ^b   Carwardine, Josie ^a   Smith, Mark Stafford ^c   Mackey, Brendan ^b   Possingham, Hugh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adequacy; Australia; Connectivity; Ecological processes; Evolutionary processes; Gross primary productivity; Refugia; River; Spatial prioritization; Sub catchments; Systematic conservation planning; Waterway

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; EVOLUTION; PERSISTENCE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRIORITIZATION; REFUGIUM; RESERVE DESIGN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVOLUTION; METHODOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 63849091521     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1684.1     Document Type: Article

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