Effects of budget constraints on conservation network design for biodiversity and ecosystem services

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 26, Issue , 2016, Pages 45-56

  Remme, Roy P ^a,b   Schröter, Matthias ^c,d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^d GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Budget allocation; Cost effectiveness; Modelling; Netherlands; Priority setting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961897447     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2016.03.006     Document Type: Article

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