Nicholson, EmilyFrank, KarinPossingham, Hugh PLindenmayer, David B2015-12-081366-9516http://hdl.handle.net/1885/35864Aim: 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 ien-AUKeywords: 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 analysis201310.1111/ddi.120662016-02-24