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The Treatment of Uncertainty and the Structure of IUCN Threatened Species Categories
Citation
Colyvan, M and Burgman, M and Todd, C and Akcakaya, H and Boek, C, The Treatment of Uncertainty and the Structure of IUCN Threatened Species Categories, Biological Conservation, 89, (3) pp. 245-249. ISSN 0006-3207 (1999) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.1016/S0006-3207(99)00013-0
Abstract
The classification of species with respect to their conservation status using the IUCN criteria is an important process in many countries, providing a guide for setting conservation priorities. Recent advances have resulted in several approaches to dealing with uncertainty in data used to classify species. These methods demand an unambiguous and transparent logical structure for the criteria. We suggest some changes to the ways in which the criteria are represented that correct an unnecessary inconsistency and which may serve to avoid important errors when uncertainty in the data is considered explicitly.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Research Division: | Environmental Sciences |
| Research Group: | Environmental Science and Management |
| Research Field: | Conservation and Biodiversity |
| Objective Division: | Environment |
| Objective Group: | Environmental and Natural Resource Evaluation |
| Objective Field: | Environmental and Natural Resource Evaluation not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Colyvan, M (Dr Mark Colyvan) |
| ID Code: | 16989 |
| Year Published: | 1999 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 20 |
| Deposited By: | Philosophy |
| Deposited On: | 1999-08-01 |
| Last Modified: | 2000-05-05 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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