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Title: | Marxan and Relatives: Software for Spatial Conservation Prioritization | Contributor(s): | Ball, Ian R (author); Possingham, Hugh P (author); Watts, Matthew (author) | Publication Date: | 2009 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/20240 | Abstract: | The original intent of Marxan and its predecessors was to solve a version of the minimum set reserve design problem (Cocks and Baird 1989; Chapter 3). In this problem, conservation targets are set for a number of biodiversity features (e.g. three populations of each species), and Marxan selects planning units that represent these targets for a minimum total cost, while allowing for more or less emphasis on spatially clustering the selected planning units. Marxan is now used to solve a range of spatial prioritization problems beyond the selection of reserves. The Marxan software is freely available and interacts with a variety of geographical information system (GIS) tools. It designs clumped reserve systems that make sense to a policy maker or planner. | Publication Type: | Book Chapter | Source of Publication: | Spatial Conservation Prioritization: Quantitative Methods and Computational Tools, p. 185-195 | Publisher: | Oxford University Press | Place of Publication: | Oxford, United Kingdom | ISBN: | 9780199547777 9780199547760 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 080605 Decision Support and Group Support Systems 050299 Environmental Science and Management not elsewhere classified |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 960599 Ecosystem Assessment and Management not elsewhere classified | HERDC Category Description: | B1 Chapter in a Scholarly Book | Publisher/associated links: | http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/45162386 | Editor: | Editor(s): Atte Moilanen, Kerrie A Wilson, Hugh P Possingham |
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