Incorporating uncertainty associated with habitat data in marine reserve design

Biological Conservation

Volumn 162, Issue , 2013, Pages 41-51

  Tulloch, Vivitskaia J ^a   Possingham, Hugh P ^a   Jupiter, Stacy D ^b   Roelfsema, Chris ^a   Tulloch, Ayesha I T ^a   Klein, Carissa J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Conservation planning; Coral reef mapping; Marine protected area; Marxan; Reserve design; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; CORAL REEF; FIELD SURVEY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT TYPE; MARINE PARK; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FIJI;

EID: 84877916578     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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