| Abstract: | Planning land-use for biodiversity conservation frequently involves computer-assisted reserve selection algorithms. Typically such algorithms operate on matrices of species presence?absence in sites, or on species-specific distributions of model predicted probabilities of occurrence in grid cells. There are practically always errors in input data?erroneous species presence?absence data, structural and parametric uncertainty in predictive habitat models, and lack of correspondence between temporal presence and long-run persistence. Despite these uncertainties, typical reserve selection methods proceed as if there is no uncertainty in the data or models. Having two conservation options of apparently equal biological value, one would prefer the option whose value is relatively insensitive to errors in planning inputs. In this work we show how uncertainty analysis for reserve planning can be implemented within a framework of information-gap decision theory, generating reserve designs that are robust to uncertainty. Consideration of uncertainty involves modifications to the typical objective functions used in reserve selection. Search for robust-optimal reserve structures can still be implemented via typical reserve selection optimization techniques, including stepwise heuristics, integer-programming and stochastic global search. |
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| ProdID: | 5224696 |
| Citation Author: | Moilanen, A.; Runge, M.C.; Elith, J.; Tyre, A.; Carmel, Y.; Fegraus, E.; Wintle, B.A.; Burgman, M.; Ben-Haim, Y. |
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| Citation Language: | English |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | Ecological Modelling |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 115-124 |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Planning for robust reserve networks using uncertainty analysis; 2006; Article; Journal; Ecological Modelling; Moilanen, A.; Runge, M.C.; Elith, J.; Tyre, A.; Carmel, Y.; Fegraus, E.; Wintle, B.A.; Burgman, M.; Ben-Haim, Y. |
| Citation Start Page: | 115 |
| Citation Volume: | 199 |
| Citation Year: | 2006 |
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| Text: | Planning for robust reserve networks using uncertainty analysis; 2006; Article; Journal; Ecological Modelling; Moilanen, A.; Runge, M.C.; Elith, J.; Tyre, A.; Carmel, Y.; Fegraus, E.; Wintle, B.A.; Burgman, M.; Ben-Haim, Y. |
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| Date Other: | Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:18 -0500 |
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