Goldilocks and the Raster Grid: Selecting Scale when Evaluating Conservation Programs.

Access to high quality spatial data raises fundamental questions about how to select the appropriate scale and unit of analysis. Studies that evaluate the impact of conservation programs have used multiple scales and areal units: from 5x5 km grids; to 30m pixels; to irregular units based on land use...

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Main Authors: Andre Fernandes Tomon Avelino, Kathy Baylis, Jordi Honey-Rosés
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5179101?pdf=render