@article {769, title = {Linking GIS and reserve selection algorithms: Towards a geospatial data model}, year = {2003}, month = {2003}, pages = {37}, institution = {Biogeography Lab, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California Santa Barbara}, abstract = {Most reserve selection algorithms used in research or conservation practice are only loosely coupled with geographic information system technology. This paper argues that formalizing a core geospatial data model would benefit algorithm developers, researchers, and practitioners through standardized data management and ease of database development with any reserve selection algorithm.}, keywords = {conservation planning, data model, object-oriented, reserve selection}, url = {http://www.biogeog.ucsb.edu/pubs/Technical\%20Reports/Reserve_Selection_Data_Model.pdf}, author = {Stoms, D. M.} }