Setting conservation management thresholds using a novel participatory modeling approach

Conservation Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1411-1422

  Addison, P F E ^a   de Bie, K ^a,b   Rumpff, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Expert elicitation; Management threshold; Scenario planning; State dependent management; Structured decision making; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BROWN ALGA; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EXPERT SYSTEM; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PROTECTED AREA; REEF; THRESHOLD; TRAMPLING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

HORMOSIRA BANKSII; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

BROWN ALGA; CONSUMER; CORAL REEF; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROCEDURES; RECREATIONAL PARK; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY; VICTORIA;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CORAL REEFS; DECISION MAKING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARKS, RECREATIONAL; PHAEOPHYTA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNCERTAINTY; VICTORIA;

EID: 84941878565     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12544     Document Type: Article

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