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- Title
Protecting biodiversity when money matters: maximizing return on investment.
- Authors
Underwood, Emma C; Shaw, M Rebecca; Wilson, Kerrie A; Kareiva, Peter; Klausmeyer, Kirk R; McBride, Marissa F; Bode, Michael; Morrison, Scott A; Hoekstra, Jonathan M; Possingham, Hugh P
- Abstract
Conventional wisdom identifies biodiversity hotspots as priorities for conservation investment because they capture dense concentrations of species. However, density of species does not necessarily imply conservation 'efficiency'. Here we explicitly consider conservation efficiency in terms of species protected per dollar invested.
- Publication
PloS one, 2008, Vol 3, Issue 1, pe1515
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0001515