Application of Population Viability Analysis to Landscape Conservation Planning

Models for Planning Wildlife Conservation in Large Landscapes

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 33-49

  Beissinger, Steven R ^a   Nicholson, Emily ^b   Possingham, Hugh P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 79955983126     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-373631-4.00002-2     Document Type: Chapter

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