Predictions of ecological and social impacts of alternative residential development policies to inform decision making in a rural landscape

Conservation Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 423-432

  Goldberg, Caren S ^a   Pocewicz, Amy ^a,b   Nielsen Pincus, Max ^a,c   Waits, Lisette P ^a   Morgan, Penelope ^a   Force, Jo E ^a   Vierling, Lee A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative futures; Conservation easement; Conservation planning; Exurban development; Growth management; Prairie; Relative biodiversity index; Survey based model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859842408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2011.00194.x     Document Type: Article

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