Developing landscape frameworks for regional conservation planning; an approach integrating fauna spatial distributions and ecological principles

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 235-254

  Scotts, David ^a   Drielsma, Michael ^a  

^a NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Corridors; Fauna; Geographic information system; Key habitats; Landscape conservation framework; Modelled distributions

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; FAUNA; GIS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT QUALITY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 0038371421     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/pc030235     Document Type: Article

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