Optimal allocation of conservation effort among subpopulations of a threatened species: How important is patch quality?

Ecological Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 789-797

  Chauvenet, Aliénor L M ^a   Baxter, Peter W J ^a,b   McDonald Madden, Eve ^a   Possingham, Hugh P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decision theory; Endangered species conservation; Habitat fragmentation; Indonesia; Kerinci Seblat National Park (KSNP); Management efficiency; Optimization; Panthera tigris sumatrae; Rule of thumb; Stochastic dynamic programming (SDP); Sumatran tiger

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; FELID; GUIDELINE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LIMITING FACTOR; LOCAL EXTINCTION; NATIONAL PARK; OPTIMIZATION; STOCHASTICITY; SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDONESIA; POPULATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIGER;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; INDONESIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, ECONOMIC; POPULATION; TIGERS;

GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDONESIA; KERINCI SEBLAT NATIONAL PARK; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

PANTHERA TIGRIS SUMATRAE;

EID: 77950904622     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1749.1     Document Type: Article

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