Applying complementary species vulnerability assessments to improve conservation strategies in the Galapagos Marine Reserve

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1509-1528

  Kaplan, Katherine A ^a,b   Montero Serra, Ignasi ^c   Vaca Pita, Ernesto L ^d,e   Sullivan, Patrick J ^b   Suárez, Esteban ^a   Vinueza, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

^b Department of Natural Resources Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d Galapagos National Park Service   (Ecuador)

^e Galapagos Science Center   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Conservation planning; FishBase; Fuzzy logic; Galapagos marine reserve; IUCN red list of threatened species; Marine fish

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; RED LIST; SURVIVAL; VULNERABILITY;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; GALAPAGOS MARINE RESERVE; SAN CRISTOBAL [GALAPAGOS ISLANDS];

ANTHOZOA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84900009059     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-014-0679-5     Document Type: Article

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