Decision complacency and conservation planning
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Charlie J. Gardner
Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NR, U.K.
email [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorPatrick O. Waeber
Forest Management and Development, Department of Environmental Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Universitätsstrasse 16, ETH Zentrum, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Search for more papers by this authorOnja H. Razafindratsima
Department of Biosciences, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, U.S.A.
Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Department of Biology, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC 29424, U.S.A.
Search for more papers by this authorLucienne Wilmé
Missouri Botanical Garden, Madagascar Research and Conservation Program, Lot VP 31, Anjohy Ankadibevava, BP 3391, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar
World Resources Institute, 10 G St. NE Suite 800, Washington, D.C. 20002, U.S.A.
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Charlie J. Gardner
Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NR, U.K.
email [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorPatrick O. Waeber
Forest Management and Development, Department of Environmental Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Universitätsstrasse 16, ETH Zentrum, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Search for more papers by this authorOnja H. Razafindratsima
Department of Biosciences, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, U.S.A.
Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Department of Biology, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC 29424, U.S.A.
Search for more papers by this authorLucienne Wilmé
Missouri Botanical Garden, Madagascar Research and Conservation Program, Lot VP 31, Anjohy Ankadibevava, BP 3391, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar
World Resources Institute, 10 G St. NE Suite 800, Washington, D.C. 20002, U.S.A.
Search for more papers by this authorArticle impact statement: Conservation planners must use systematic decision-making tools and evidence to guide their decisions.
Abstract
Article impact statement: Conservation planners must use systematic decision-making tools and evidence to guide their decisions.
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