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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)orcid 
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
Appears in Collections:Book Chapter

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