Implementing comprehensiveness, adequacy and representativeness criteria (CAR) to indicate gaps in an existing reserve system: A case study from Victoria, Australia

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 18, Issue , 2012, Pages 342-352

  Sharafi, Seyedeh Mahdieh ^a   White, Matt ^b   Burgman, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adequacy; Comprehensiveness; Environmental space; Gap analysis; Indicator; Representativeness; Systematic conservation planning

Indexed keywords

ADEQUACY; COMPREHENSIVENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL SPACE; GAP ANALYSIS; REPRESENTATIVENESS; SYSTEMATIC CONSERVATION PLANNING;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIODIVERSITY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

CONSERVATION;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; GAP DYNAMICS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROTECTED AREA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; DISTURBANCE; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84455162587     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.11.023     Document Type: Article

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