Maximising return on conservation investment in the conterminous USA

Ecology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1249-1256

  Withey, John C ^a,g   Lawler, Joshua J ^a   Polasky, Stephen ^b   Plantinga, Andrew J ^c   Nelson, Erik J ^d   Kareiva, Peter ^e   Wilsey, Chad B ^a   Schloss, Carrie A ^a   Nogeire, Theresa M ^a   Ruesch, Aaron ^a,h   Ramos, Jorge ^a,i   Reid, Walter ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^e THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^f The David and Lucile Packard Foundation   (United States)

^g FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

ⁱ ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit:cost ratio; Conservation planning; Economic cost; Habitat protection; Heuristic; Land prices; Reserve selection; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

BARGAINING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HEURISTICS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867096238     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01847.x     Document Type: Article

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