Designing criteria suites to identify discrete and networked sites of high value across manifestations of biodiversity

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 3363-3383

  Gilman, Eric ^a   Dunn, Daniel ^b   Read, Andrew ^b   Hyrenbach, K David ^a   Warner, Robin ^c  

^a HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Criteria; Data quality; Protected area; Reserve; Site network; Spatial planning; Systematic conservation planning

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOME; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DATA SET; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENOTYPE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTECTED AREA; RARE SPECIES; REFUGIUM; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPATIAL PLANNING; TAXONOMY; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 81555203426     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-011-0116-y     Document Type: Article

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