Should we implement monitoring or research for conservation?
McDonald-Madden, E., Baxter, P.W.J., Fuller, R.A., Martin, T.G., Game, E.T., Montambault, J. & Possingham, H.P. 2011. Should we implement monitoring or research for conservation? Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 26, 108-109. [Refereed correspondence]
The primary aim of our paper on monitoring was to inspire managers to think about how they allocate
resources to monitoring conservation management actions. This is precisely what Geupel et al. have done
in responding to our work.