Simulating and evaluating alternative resource-use strategies using GIS-based habitat suitability indices

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 163-175

  Kliskey, A D ^a,d,e   Lofroth, E C ^b,f,g,h   Thompson, W A ^c   Brown, S ^c   Schreier, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b BC Environment   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d Arctic Inst N Amer's Kluana L   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^f Wildlife Branch   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^h SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geographic information systems; Habitat suitability index; Simulation modeling; Timber harvesting; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000081959     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2046(99)00056-0     Document Type: Article

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