Marine population connectivity identifies ecological neighbors for conservation planning in the Coral Triangle

Conservation Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 441-449

  Treml, Eric A ^a,b   Halpin, Patrick N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Conservation; Coral reef; Coral Triangle; Ecoregions; Network analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84868119834     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2012.00260.x     Document Type: Article

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