Factors influencing incidental representation of previously unknown conservation features in marine protected areas

Conservation Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 154-165

  Bridge, Tom C L ^a,b   Grech, Alana M ^c   Pressey, Robert L ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioregions; Great Barrier Reef; Incidental; Marine reserve; Objectives; Representation; Surrogates

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOPHYSICS; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; PROTECTED AREA; RESERVE DESIGN; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; QUEENSLAND;

AQUATIC SPECIES; BIODIVERSITY; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETICS; QUEENSLAND; SEA;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; OCEANS AND SEAS; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84954371475     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12557     Document Type: Article

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