When do conservation planning methods deliver? Quantifying the consequences of uncertainty

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 123-135

  Langford, William T ^a   Gordon, Ascelin ^a   Bastin, Lucy ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation planning; Model validation; Persistence; Reserve design; Reserve selection; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL VALIDATION; PERSISTENCE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 68249112022     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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