Extended statistical approaches to modelling spatial pattern in biodiversity in northeast New South Wales. II. Community-level modelling

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2309-2338

  Ferrier, Simon ^a   Drielsma, Michael ^a   Manion, Glenn ^a   Watson, Graham ^a,b  

^a NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Communities; Northeast New South Wales; Regional conservation planning; Statistical modelling; Surrogates

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0036934018     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021374009951     Document Type: Article

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