Efficiency and effectiveness in representative reserve design in Canada: The contribution of existing protected areas

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1639-1646

  Wiersma, Yolanda F ^a   Nudds, Thomas D ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Canada; Gap analysis; Mammal conservation; Reserve planning

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; MAMMAL; PROTECTED AREA; RESERVE DESIGN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 67349175281     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.02.034     Document Type: Article

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