Conservation priorities when species interact: the Noah's Ark metaphor revisited.

This note incorporates ecological interactions into the Noah's Ark problem. In doing so, we arrive at a general model for ranking in situ conservation projects accounting for species interrelations and provide an operational cost-effectiveness method for the selection of best preserving diversi...

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Main Authors: Pierre Courtois, Charles Figuieres, Chloé Mulier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4152170?pdf=render