Optimal planning for mitigating the impacts of roads on wildlife

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 726-734

  Polak, Tal ^a   Rhodes, Jonathan R ^a,b   Jones, Darryl ^c   Possingham, Hugh P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b National Environmental Research Program funded Environmental Decisions Hub   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decision theory; Fencing; Optimal solutions; Phascolarctos cinereus; Problem formulation; Road mitigation; Trade off; Wildlife crossing

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; INVESTMENT; MARSUPIAL; MORTALITY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITIZATION; ROAD; TRADE-OFF; WILD POPULATION;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

PHASCOLARCTIDAE; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS;

EID: 84900554817     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12243     Document Type: Article

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