Estimating landholders' probability of participating in a stewardship program, and the implications for spatial conservation priorities

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Adams, Vanessa M ^a,b   Pressey, Robert L ^a   Stoeckl, Natalie ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; PROGRAM COST EFFECTIVENESS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AUSTRALIA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DATA COLLECTION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROBABILITY;

EID: 84902438777     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097941     Document Type: Article

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