Minimizing the cost of keeping options open for conservation in a changing climate

Conservation Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 646-653

  Mills, Morena ^a   Nicol, Sam ^a,b   Wells, Jessie A ^a   Lahoz Monfort, José J ^c   Wintle, Brendan ^c   Bode, Michael ^c   Wardrop, Martin ^d   Walshe, Terry ^c   Probert, William J M ^a   Runge, Michael C ^e   Possingham, Hugh P ^a   Madden, Eve Mcdonald ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d School of Botany The University of Melbourne ^*  (Australia)

^e PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal squeeze; Multiple objectives; Spatial planning; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84900416281     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12238     Document Type: Article

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