How much does it cost to expand a protected area system? some critical determining factors and ranges of costs for Queensland

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Adams, Vanessa M ^a   Segan, Daniel B ^b   Pressey, Robert L ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; BUDGET; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; LAND SPREADING; LAND USE; LEGAL ASPECT; MARKET; ECONOMICS; MOTIVATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GOALS; QUEENSLAND; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 80053252368     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025447     Document Type: Article

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