Wilderness and future conservation priorities in Australia

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1028-1036

  Watson, James E M ^a   Fuller, Richard A ^a   Watson, Alexander W T ^a   MacKey, Brendan G ^b   Wilson, Kerrie A ^a   Grantham, Hedley S ^a   Turner, Matthew ^c   Klein, Carissa J ^a   Carwardine, Josie ^a   Joseph, Liana N ^a   Possingham, Hugh P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b The Wilderness Society   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Wilderness Society   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Biodiversity; Conservation planning; Protected areas; Wilderness

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EXPENDITURE; PRIORITIZATION; PROTECTED AREA; RESERVE DESIGN;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 70349904405     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2009.00601.x     Document Type: Article

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