Replacing underperforming protected areas achieves better conservation outcomes

Nature

Volumn 466, Issue 7304, 2010, Pages 365-367

  Fuller, Richard A ^a,b   McDonald Madden, Eve ^a,b   Wilson, Kerrie A ^a   Carwardine, Josie ^a,b   Grantham, Hedley S ^a   Watson, James E M ^a   Klein, Carissa J ^a   Green, David C ^a   Possingham, Hugh P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA; VEGETATION TYPE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEGETATION;

AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; TREES;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77954647705     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09180     Document Type: Article

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