Ecological coherence in marine reserve network design: An empirical evaluation of sequential site selection using genetic structure

Biological Conservation

Volumn 152, Issue , 2012, Pages 262-270

  McInerney, Caitríona E ^a,b   Louise Allcock, A ^b,c   Johnson, Mark P ^b,c   Prodöhl, Paulo A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Conservation planning; Embedding; Genetic diversity; Heuristic; Maximum genetic richness; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; DESIGN; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HEURISTICS; MARINE PARK; PROTECTED AREA; SELECTION;

COUNTY CORK; IRELAND; LOUGH HYNE; MUNSTER [IRELAND];

EID: 84862697492     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.03.009     Document Type: Article

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