Mechanisms for the inclusion of cumulative impacts in conservation decision-making are sensitive to vulnerability and irreplaceability in a stochastically simulated landscape

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 265-271

  Buschke, Falko T ^a   Vanschoenwinkel, Bram ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Area of occupancy; Conservation planning; Cumulative effects assessment; Environmental impact assessment; Extinction; Infrastructure development

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EXTINCTION; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STOCHASTICITY; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84898827058     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2014.02.002     Document Type: Article

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