The Value of Using Feasibility Models in Systematic Conservation Planning to Predict Landholder Management Uptake

Conservation Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1462-1473

  Tulloch, Ayesha I T ^a,b   Tulloch, Vivitskaia J D ^a   Evans, Megan C ^b   Mills, Morena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

1080 fox baiting; Conservation opportunity; Critical weight range mammals; Incentive mechanisms; Invasive species control; Species distribution model; Threatened species management; Willingness to engage

Indexed keywords

BAIT; CANID; CONSERVATION PLANNING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; FEASIBILITY STUDY; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

MAMMALIA;

AGRICULTURE; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGRICULTURE; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; MODELS, ECONOMIC;

EID: 84912137999     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12403     Document Type: Article

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