Setting conservation targets under budgetary constraints

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 650-653

  Moilanen, Atte ^a   Arponen, Anni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Conservation prioritization; Maximum coverage; Minimum set coverage; Reserve selection; Site selection; Systematic conservation planning; Utility maximization

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SITE SELECTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 78751580424     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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