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irreplaceability: a standalone construct

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Conservation biology

a measure of how essential a site is for meeting conservation targets, judged by how many alternative reserve networks need it.

In conservation biology, irreplaceability refers to a measure of how essential a site is for meeting conservation targets, judged by how many alternative reserve networks need it. This meaning comes from Pressey (1994) in Biodiversity and Conservation.[1]

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biodiversity3 names · 4 citationsjangle · one idea, four rival measures conservation4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs key biodiversity areas1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct

References

Pressey, R. L., Johnson, I. R., & Wilson, P. D. (1994). Shades of irreplaceability: towards a measure of the contribution of sites to a reservation goal. Biodiversity and Conservation, 3(3), 242-262. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00055941

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