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In return for the free provision of Marxan, if you write about Marxan, use Marxan or give a talk about Marxan, we request that you to cite the book chapter below, along with other relevant papers from the Key Marxan References page:

Ball, I.R., H.P. Possingham, and M. Watts. 2009. Marxan and relatives: Software for spatial conservation prioritisation. Chapter 14: Pages 185-195 in Spatial conservation prioritisation: Quantitative methods and computational tools. Eds Moilanen, A., K.A. Wilson, and H.P. Possingham. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.

In return for the free provision of Marxan with Zones, if you write about Marxan with Zones, use Marxan with Zones or give a talk about Marxan with Zones, we request that you to cite the paper below, along with other relevant papers from the Key Marxan References page:

Watts, M.E, I.R. Ball, R.R. Stewart, C.J. Klein, K. Wilson, C. Steinback, R. Lourival, L. Kircher, and H.P. Possingham. 2009. Marxan with Zones: software for optimal conservation based land- and sea-use zoning, Environmental Modelling & Software (2009), doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2009.06.005     Electronic Preprint pdf (367KB)    Final Published Version    Request Reprint

In return for the free provision of Zonae Cogito, if you write about Zonae Cogito, use Zonae Cogito or give a talk about Zonae Cogito, we request that you to cite the manual below, along with other relevant papers from the Key Marxan References page:

Watts, M.E., R.R. Stewart, D. Segan, L. Kircher, and H.P. Possingham: Using the Zonae Cogito Decision Support System, a Manual. pdf (1288KB)