Optimal land conservation decisions for multiple species
Optimization and Control
2023-07-25 v1 Populations and Evolution
Quantitative Methods
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.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2307.11863,
title = {Optimal land conservation decisions for multiple species},
author = {Cassidy K. Buhler and Hande Y. Benson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.11863},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
10 pages, 4 figures. Proceedings of the 52nd Northeast Decision Sciences Institute (NEDSI) Annual Conference, Washington, DC