On the use of landscape surrogates as ecological indicators in fragmented forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 203-216

  Lindenmayer, D B ^a   Cunningham, R B ^b   Donnelly, C F ^b   Lesslie, R ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arboreal marsupials; Ecological indicators; Fence effects; Forest birds; Forest fragmentation; Human disturbance; Landscape measures; Southeastern Australia; Surrogates

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

LANDSCAPE SURROGATES;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST COVER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE;

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA;

AVES; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; METATHERIA;

EID: 0037090199     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(01)00433-9     Document Type: Article

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