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

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2275-2307

  Ferrier, Simon ^a   Watson, Graham ^a,b   Pearce, Jennie ^a,c   Drielsma, Michael ^a  

^a NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036934092     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021302930424     Document Type: Article

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