Mapping for coral reef conservation: Comparing the value of participatory and remote sensing approaches

Ecosphere

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Selgrath, Jennifer C ^a   Roelfsema, Chris ^b   Gergel, Sarah E ^a   Vincent, Amanda C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coral triangle; Habitat fragmentation; Landscape ecology; Landscape pattern indices; Marine conservation; Participatory GIS; Philippines; Remote sensing; Seascape; Spatial planning; Traditional ecological knowledge; WorldView 2

Indexed keywords

EID: 84971612253     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1325     Document Type: Article

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