Methods for calculating Protection Equality for conservation planning

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Chauvenet, Alienor L M ^a   Kuempel, Caitlin D ^a   McGowan, Jennifer ^a   Beger, Maria ^a,b   Possingham, Hugh P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; CORAL REEF; HABITAT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SPECIES; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS;

EID: 85012975353     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171591     Document Type: Article

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