Engage the hodgepodge: Management factors are essential when prioritizing areas for restoration and conservation action

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1234-1238

  Knight, Andrew T ^a   Sarkar, Sahotra ^b   Smith, Robert J ^c   Strange, Niels ^d   Wilson, Kerrie A ^e  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation opportunity; Conservation planning; Inter disciplinarity; Multiple criteria analysis; Research implementation gap; Social research

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INVASIVE SPECIES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MAPPING METHOD; PRIORITIZATION; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 80054093726     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00789.x     Document Type: Article

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