Effects of errors and gaps in spatial data sets on assessment of conservation progress

Conservation Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1000-1010

  Visconti, P ^a,b   Di Marco, M ^a   Alvarez Romero J G ^b   Januchowski Hartley, S R ^b,c   Pressey, R L ^b   Weeks, R ^b   Rondinini, C ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Gap analysis; Priority setting; Protected area; Spatial analyses; Spatial error; WDPA

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BUFFER ZONE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CORAL REEF; DATA SET; DATABASE; ERROR ANALYSIS; MAMMAL; NEOTROPICAL REGION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITIZATION; PROTECTED AREA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

PHILIPPINES;

ANTHOZOA; MAMMALIA;

ANÁLISIS DE BRECHAS; ANÁLISIS ESPACIALES; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BDMAP; BIODIVERSITY; DEFINICIÓN DE PRIORIDADES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ERROR ESPACIAL; FACTUAL DATABASE; GAP ANALYSIS; PRIORITY SETTING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROTECTED AREA; SPATIAL ANALYSES; SPATIAL ERROR; WDPA;

ANÁLISIS DE BRECHAS; ANÁLISIS ESPACIALES; BDMAP; DEFINICIÓN DE PRIORIDADES; ERROR ESPACIAL; GAP ANALYSIS; PRIORITY SETTING; PROTECTED AREA; SPATIAL ANALYSES; SPATIAL ERROR; WDPA;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ECOSYSTEM; MAPS AS TOPIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 84884729682     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12095     Document Type: Article

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