Conservation planning case studies - Spatial Ecology Lab, The University of Queensland

Our case studies span terrestrial, marine and aquatic environments at a diverse range of scales, and range of species- and ecosystem-based apporaches, and include: The Pantanal wetland system in Brazil The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Colombian Rainforest Australian temprate woodlands and rainforests
People	Maria Beger, Michael Bode, Josie Carwardine, Eddie Game, Hedley Grantham, Carissa Klein, Simon Linke, Reinaldo Lourival, Marissa McBride, Hugh Possingham, Bob Pressey, Matt Watts, Kerrie Wilson
Collaborators	Environmental Science at the University of Melbourne
Links and downloads	See also Conservation Planning Theory and algorithms, and Conservation Resource Allocation The Marxan website is a valuable resource. C-Plan Conservation planning software
Key references	Etter, A., C. A. McAlpine, S. Phinn, D. Pullar and H. P. Possingham (in press) Unplanned land clearing of Colombian rainforests: Spreading like disease? Landscape and Urban Planning pdf. Richardson, E. A., M. J. Kaiser, G. Edwards-Jones and H. P. Possingham (in press) Sensitivity of marine-reserve design to the spatial resolution of socioeconomic data. Conservation Biology pdf. Banks, S. A., G. A. Skilleter and H. P. Possingham (2005) Intertidal habitat conservation: identifying conservation targets in the absence of detailed biological information. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 15:271-288 pdf Fernandes, L., J. Day, A. Lewis, S. Slegers, B. Kerrigan, D. Breen, D. Cameron, B. Jago, J. Hall, D. Lowe, J. Innes, J. Tanzer, V. Chadwick, L. Thompson, K. Gorman, M. Simmons, B. Barnett, K. Sampson, G. De'ath, B. Mapstone, H. Marsh, H. P. Possingham, I. Ball, T. Ward, K. Dobbs, J. Aumend, D. Slater and K. Stapleton (2005) Establishing Representative No-Take Areas in the Great Barrier Reef: Large-Scale Implementation of Theory on Marine Protected Areas. Conservation Biology 19:1733-1744 pdf Haight, R. G., B. Cypher, P. A. Kelly, S. Phillips, K. Ralls and H. P. Possingham (2004) Optimizing reserve expansion for disjunct populations of San Joaquin kit fox. Biological Conservation 117:61-72 pdf Leslie, H., R. Ruckelshaus, I. R. Ball, S. J. Andelman and H. P. Possingham (2003) Using siting algorithms in the design of marine reserve networks. Ecological Applications 13:S185-S198 pdf Stewart, R. R., T. Noyce and H. P. Possingham (2003) Opportunity cost of ad hoc marine reserve design decisions: an example from South Australia. Marine Ecology Progress Series 253:25–38 pdf Haight, R. G., B. Cypher, P. A. Kelly, S. Phillips, H. P. Possingham, K. Ralls, A. M. Starfield, P. J. White and D. Williams (2002) Optimizing habitat protection using demographic models of population viability. Conservation Biology 16:1386-1397 pdf McDonnell, M. D., H. P. Possingham, I. R. Ball and E. A. Cousins (2002) Mathematical methods for spatially cohesive reserve design. Environmental Modelling and Assessment 7:107-114 pdf