Understanding Characteristics that Define the Feasibility of Conservation Actions in a Common Pool Marine Resource Governance System

Conservation Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 418-429

  Mills, Morena ^a,b   Pressey, Robert L ^b   Ban, Natalie C ^b   Foale, Simon ^b   Aswani, Shankar ^c   Knight, Andrew T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal ecosystems; Fisheries management; Marine; Resource management; Solomon Islands; Spatial prioritization; Systematic conservation planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934094966     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12025     Document Type: Article

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