Planning for ex situ conservation in the face of uncertainty

Conservation Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 599-609

  Canessa, Stefano ^a,h   Converse, Sarah J ^b   West, Matt ^a,c   Clemann, Nick ^d   Gillespie, Graeme ^e   Mcfadden, Michael ^f   Silla, Aimee J ^g   Parris, Kirsten M ^a   Mccarthy, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c ZOOS VICTORIA   (Australia)

^d ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^e Flora and Fauna Division   (Australia)

^f TARONGA CONSERVATION SOCIETY AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^h INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Captive breeding; Cost effectiveness; Decision tree; Expert elicitation; Management; Multi attribute value; Reintroduction; Zoos

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; COST ANALYSIS; DECISION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FROG; PERSISTENCE; REINTRODUCTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; ZOO;

AUSTRALIA;

HYLIDAE; LITORIA SPENCERI;

ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; UNCERTAINTY;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84964789954     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12613     Document Type: Article

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