Planning across freshwater and terrestrial realms: Cobenefits and tradeoffs between conservation actions

Conservation Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 425-440

  Adams, Vanessa M ^a,b,c   Álvarez Romero, Jorge G ^a,b   Carwardine, Josie ^d   Cattarino, Lorenzo ^e   Hermoso, Virgilio ^a,e   Kennard, Mark J ^a,e   Linke, Simon ^a,e   Pressey, Robert L ^a,c   Stoeckl, Natalie ^a,c  

^a National Environmental Research Program Northern Australia Hub   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cross realm planning; Cross system threat; Ecological connection; Freshwater spatial planning; Systematic conservation planning; Terrestrial spatial planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84915737918     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12080     Document Type: Review

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