The Capacity of Australia's Protected-Area System to Represent Threatened Species;La Capacidad del Sistema de Áreas Protegidas de Australia para Representar Especies Amenazadas

Conservation Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 324-332

  Watson, James E M ^a   Evans, Megan C ^a   Carwardine, Josie ^a,b   Fuller, Richard A ^a,b   Joseph, Liana N ^a   Segan, Dan B ^a   Taylor, Martin F J ^c   Fensham, R J ^a,d   Possingham, Hugh P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c WWF Australia   (Australia)

^d QUEENSLAND HERBARIUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adequacy; Australia; Protected areas; Range size; Representation; Spatial prioritization; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; LAND COVER; OWNERSHIP; PRIORITIZATION; PROTECTED AREA; RANGE SIZE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AUSTRALIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GEOGRAPHY; HOMING BEHAVIOR;

AUSTRALIA;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 79952713394     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01587.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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