Why do We map threats? Linking threat mapping with actions to make better conservation decisions

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 91-99

  Tulloch, Vivitskaia J D ^a   Tulloch, Ayesha I T ^a,b   Visconti, Piero ^c   Halpern, Benjamin S ^d,e,f   Watson, James E M ^a,g   Evans, Megan C ^b   Auerbach, Nancy A ^a   Barnes, Megan ^a   Beger, Maria ^a   Chadès, Iadine ^h   Giakoumi, Sylvaine ^a,i   McDonald Madden, Eve ^a,h   Murray, Nicholas J ^a,h,j   Ringma, Jeremy ^a   Possingham, Hugh P ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^g WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^h CSIRO   (Australia)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; MAPPING METHOD; PRIORITIZATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84926634391     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/140022     Document Type: Review

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