Wise selection of an indicator for monitoring the success of management actions

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 141-154

  Tulloch, Ayesha ^a   Possingham, Hugh P ^a   Wilson, Kerrie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Cost effectiveness; Evaluation; Indicator species; Monitoring; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INVASIVE SPECIES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MARSUPIAL; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELECTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA;

BETTONGIA PENICILLATA; MAMMALIA; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 78751571119     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.08.009     Document Type: Article

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