Indicators of biodiversity for ecologically sustainable forest management

Conservation Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 941-950

  Lindenmayer, David B ^a   Margules, Chris R ^b   Botkin, Daniel B ^c,d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Ctr for the Stud of the Environ   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; CONSERVATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 0033863908     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2000.98533.x     Document Type: Review

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