Integrating accessibility and intactness into large-area conservation planning in the Canadian boreal forest

Biological Conservation

Volumn 167, Issue , 2013, Pages 371-379

  Powers, Ryan P ^a   Coops, Nicholas C ^a   Nelson, Trisalyn ^b   Wulder, Michael A ^c   Ronnie Drever, C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Boreal; Conservation planning; Environmental domain; Intact; Marxan

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BOREAL FOREST; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INVESTMENT; PRIORITIZATION; PROTECTED AREA; TRADE-OFF;

CANADA;

EID: 84884717140     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.08.032     Document Type: Article

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