Cost-effective resource allocator: A decision support tool for threatened species management

Parks

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 101-113

  Di Fonzo, Martina M I ^a,b,c   Nicol, Sam ^d   Possingham, Hugh P ^c,e   Flakus, Samantha ^f   West, Judith G ^g   Failing, Lee ^h   Long, Graham ^h   Walshe, Terry ^i,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^f Christmas Island National Park   (Australia)

^g Australian National Botanic Gardens   (Australia)

^h Graham Long Compass Resource Management   (Canada)

ⁱ AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Conservation planning; Expert elicitation; Microsoft Excel; Prioritization; Resource allocation; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

EID: 85030536002     PISSN: 0960233X     EISSN: 24112119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.CH.2017.PARKS-23-1MMIDF.en     Document Type: Article

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