Optimised whole-landscape ecological metrics for effective delivery of connectivity-focused conservation incentive payments

Ecological Economics

Volumn 81, Issue , 2012, Pages 48-59

  Williams, Kristen J ^a   Reeson, Andrew F ^a   Drielsma, Michael J ^b,c   Love, Jamie ^b,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity complementarity; Ecological metric; Genetic algorithm; Habitat connectivity; Market based instrument; Trans discipline praxis

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONNECTIVITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GENETIC ALGORITHM; HEURISTICS; INNOVATION; LANDHOLDING; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; PRIORITIZATION; PRIVATE LAND; REGROWTH;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84865076951     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2012.07.005     Document Type: Article

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