Evaluating vertebrate species risk on an industrial forest landscape

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 204, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 279-296

  Higdon, Jeff W ^a   MacLean, David A ^a   Hagan, John M ^b   Michael Reed, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences Brunswick   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorical classification; Extirpation; Forest management; Habitat; Ranking; Spatially explicit; Species risk; Wildlife diversity

Indexed keywords

EXTIRPATION; SPECIES-HABITAT RELATIONSHIPS; SPECIES-SORTING ALGORITHM (SSA); VERTEBRATE SPECIES;

ALGORITHMS; BIODIVERSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

FORESTRY;

EXTINCTION RISK; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LOCAL EXTINCTION; VERTEBRATE;

ALGORITHMS; BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 11144301768     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.09.018     Document Type: Article

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