Resource allocation for efficient environmental management

Ecology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1280-1289

  McCarthy, Michael A ^a   Thompson, Colin J ^b   Hauser, Cindy ^a   Burgman, Mark A ^a   Possingham, Hugh P ^c   Moir, Melinda L ^a   Tiensin, Thanawat ^d,e   Gilbert, Marius ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e Department of Livestock Development Phyathai Road ^*  (Thailand)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^g FNRS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; Biodiversity hotspots; Biodiversity loss; Infectious diseases; Insect surveys

Indexed keywords

AVES; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 78149331023     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01522.x     Document Type: Article

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