Predicting species distributions for conservation decisions

Ecology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1424-1435

  Guisan, Antoine ^a,b,c   Tingley, Reid ^d   Baumgartner, John B ^d   Naujokaitis Lewis, Ilona ^e   Sutcliffe, Patricia R ^b   Tulloch, Ayesha I T ^b   Regan, Tracey J ^d   Brotons, Lluis ^f,g   Mcdonald Madden, Eve ^b,c   Mantyka Pringle, Chrystal ^b,c   Martin, Tara G ^b,c   Rhodes, Jonathan R ^b   Maggini, Ramona ^b   Setterfield, Samantha A ^h   Elith, Jane ^d   Schwartz, Mark W ⁱ   Wintle, Brendan A ^d   Broennimann, Olivier ^a   Austin, Mike ^c   Ferrier, Simon ^c   Kearney, Michael R ^d   Possingham, Hugh P ^b,j   Buckley, Yvonne M ^b,k   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f CREAF   (Spain)

^g CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^h CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^k TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

more..

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Conservation planning; Critical habitats; Environmental suitability; Reserve selection; Species distribution model; Structured decision making; Translocation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; KNOWLEDGE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRANSLOCATION;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOLOGY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ECOLOGY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84886730120     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12189     Document Type: Article

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