Practical solutions for making models indispensable in conservation decision-making

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 19, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 490-502

  Addison, Prue F E ^a   Rumpff, Libby ^a   Bau, S Sana ^a   Carey, Janet M ^a   Chee, Yung En ^a   Jarrad, Frith C ^a,b   McBride, Marissa F ^a   Burgman, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communication; Conservation; Modelling; Structured decision making; Trust; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 84877356314     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12054     Document Type: Review

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