On valuing information in adaptive-management models

Conservation Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 984-993

  Moore, Alana L ^a   Mccarthy, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Active adaptive management; Bayesian statistics; Decision theory; Optimal monitoring; Revegetation; Terminal rewards

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DECISION ANALYSIS; LEARNING; OPTIMIZATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; RIVER; UNCERTAINTY; PROCEDURES;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH DESIGN; RIVERS; UNCERTAINTY; VICTORIA;

AUSTRALIA; MERRI CREEK; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 77954754512     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01443.x     Document Type: Article

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