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Testing the focal species approach to making conservation decisions for species persistence

Date

Authors

Nicholson, Emily

Frank, Karin

Possingham, Hugh P

Lindenmayer, David B

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

Aim: Most risk assessments and decisions in conservation are based on surrogate approaches, where a group of species or environmental indicators are selected as proxies for other aspects of biodiversity. In the focal species approach, a suite of species i

Keywords

Keywords: conservation management; decision making; environmental indicator; extinction risk; persistence; risk assessment; species conservation; species occurrence; species richness; Australia; New South Wales Conservation planning; Extinction risk; Focal species; Indicator species; Metapopulation; Population viability analysis

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/35864

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Diversity and Distributions

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1111/ddi.12066

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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