Information pyramids for informed biodiversity conservation

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2093-2116

  Overton, Jacob McC ^a   Stephens, R T Theo ^b   Leathwick, John R ^a   Lehmann, Anthony ^c  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^c Centre Suisse de Cartographie de la Faune   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity indicators; Ecosystem depiction; Ecosystem management; Environmental domains; Generalized regression analysis and spatial prediction; Information pyramids

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0036934091     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021386426790     Document Type: Article

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