Evaluating Perceived Benefits of Ecoregional Assessments

Conservation Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 851-861

  Bottrill, Madeleine C ^a,c   Mills, Morena ^a,b   Pressey, Robert L ^b   Game, Edward T ^a   Groves, Craig ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation assessment; Effectiveness; Evaluation; Monitoring; Outcomes; Spatial prioritization; Systematic conservation planning

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INVESTMENT; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITIZATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGIONAL PATTERN; RESERVE DESIGN;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ATTITUDE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; PERCEPTION; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC RIM; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84865979857     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01898.x     Document Type: Article

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