Sympathy for the devil: Detailing the effects of planning-unit size, thematic resolution of reef classes, and socioeconomic costs on spatial priorities for marine conservation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Cheok, Jessica ^a   Pressey, Robert L ^a   Weeks, Rebecca ^a   Andréfouët, Serge ^b   Moloney, James ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; EXERCISE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; AQUATIC SPECIES; CORAL REEF; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; FIJI; FISH; FISHERY; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; GEOGRAPHY; MARINE BIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; ECOLOGY; FIJI; FISHERIES; FISHES; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; GEOGRAPHY; MARINE BIOLOGY; MICRONESIA;

EID: 84994745127     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164869     Document Type: Article

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