Incorporating surrogate species and seascape connectivity to improve marine conservation outcomes

Conservation Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 982-991

  Olds, Andrew D ^a   Connolly, Rod M ^a   Pitt, Kylie A ^a   Maxwell, Paul S ^a   Aswani, Shankar ^b   Albert, Simon ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coral reef; Coral triangle; Fish; Mangroves; Marine reserve; Seagrass; Solomon islands; Spatial conservation planning

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; BOLBOMETOPON MURICATUM; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SCARIDAE;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; MELANESIA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PROCEDURES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISHES; MELANESIA; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84904751886     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12242     Document Type: Article

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