Geographic Approaches to Biodiversity Conservation: Implications of Scale and Error to Landscape Planning

Models for Planning Wildlife Conservation in Large Landscapes

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 85-121

  Flather, Curtis H ^a   Wilson, Kenneth R ^b   Shriner, Susan A ^c  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-373631-4.00004-6     Document Type: Chapter

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