title: Conservation priorities when species interact: the Noah's Ark metaphor revisited.
abstract: This note incorporates ecological interactions into the Noah's Ark problem. In doing so, we arrive at a general model for ranking in situ conservation projects accounting for species interrelations and provide an operational cost-effectiveness method for the selection of best preserving diversity projects under a limited budget constraint.
authors.affiliation: INRA-LAMETA, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Courtois
authors.affiliation: INRA-LAMETA, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Figuieres
authors.affiliation: INRA-LAMETA, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Chloé
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mulier
mesh_terms: D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D017753:Ecosystem; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D013045:Species Specificity