Integer programming methods for reserve selection and design

Robert G. Haight; Stephanie Snyder

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Integer programming methods for reserve selection and design

Formally Refereed

Authors:

Robert G. Haight, Stephanie Snyder

Year:

2009

Type:

Book Chapter

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Moilanen, Atte; Wilson, Kerrie A.; Possingham, Hugh, eds. Spatial conservation prioritization. Quantitative methods and computational tools. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press: 43-57. Chapter 4.

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Abstract

How many nature reserves should there be? Where should they be located? Which places have highest priority for protection? Conservation biologists, economists, and operations researchers have been developing quantitative methods to address these questions since the 1980s.

Citation

Haight, Robert G.; Snyder, Stephanie A. 2009. Integer programming methods for reserve selection and design. In: Moilanen, Atte; Wilson, Kerrie A.; Possingham, Hugh, eds. Spatial conservation prioritization. Quantitative methods and computational tools. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press: 43-57. Chapter 4.