A method for setting the size of plant conservation target areas

Authors :: Burgman, Mark A.
Possingham, Hugh P.
Lynch, A. Jasmyn J.
Keith, David A.
McCarthy, Michael A.
Hopper, Stephen D.
Devries, Robert J.
Passioura, Jason A.
Drury, Wendy L.
Source :: Conservation Biology. June, 2001, Vol. 15 Issue 3, 603-616
Publication Year :: 2001
Abstract: A set of concepts and formulas that can be used in lieu of detailed population viability studies and habitat modeling exercises to determine the protected areas required to provide desirable conservation outcomes for a suite of threatened plant species is outlined. The tools presented in the study provide a fast, transparent and explicit means of assessing the conservation requirements of plants.