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
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description 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 diversity projects under a limited budget constraint.
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spelling doaj.art-64c938e065184c38877af67a945a61ed2022-12-21T23:58:29ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032014-01-0199e10607310.1371/journal.pone.0106073Conservation priorities when species interact: the Noah's Ark metaphor revisited.Pierre CourtoisCharles FiguieresChloé MulierThis 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 diversity projects under a limited budget constraint.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4152170?pdf=render
spellingShingle Pierre Courtois
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title Conservation priorities when species interact: the Noah's Ark metaphor revisited.
title_full Conservation priorities when species interact: the Noah's Ark metaphor revisited.
title_fullStr Conservation priorities when species interact: the Noah's Ark metaphor revisited.
title_full_unstemmed Conservation priorities when species interact: the Noah's Ark metaphor revisited.
title_short Conservation priorities when species interact: the Noah's Ark metaphor revisited.
title_sort conservation priorities when species interact the noah s ark metaphor revisited
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