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Optimal land conservation decisions for multiple species
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Optimal land conservation decisions for multiple species

Cassidy K Buhler and Hande Y Benson
ArXiv.org
21 Jul 2023
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https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2307.11863View
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Abstract

Given an allotment of land divided into parcels, government decision-makers, private developers, and conservation biologists can collaborate to select which parcels to protect, in order to accomplish sustainable ecological goals with various constraints. In this paper, we propose a mixed-integer optimization model that considers the presence of multiple species on these parcels, subject to predator-prey relationships and crowding effects.

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