Assessing the effectiveness of local management of coral reefs using expert opinion and spatial Bayesian modeling

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Ban, Stephen S ^a   Pressey, Robert L ^a   Graham, Nicholas A J ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXPERT WITNESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BAYES THEOREM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; EXPERT TESTIMONY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84942636535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135465     Document Type: Article

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