A GIS-based decision-making structure for managing the impacts of feral camels in Australia

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 129-143

  Lamb, David S ^a   Saalfeld, William K ^b   McGregor, Murray J ^c,d   Edwards, Glenn P ^b   Zeng, Benxaing ^b   Vaarzon Morel, Petronella ^c  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Natural Resources Environment the Arts and Sport ^*  (Australia)

^c Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre   (Australia)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Fuzzy membership; Multicriteria evaluation

Indexed keywords

CAMELIDAE;

EID: 77950132257     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ09056     Document Type: Article

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