Remotely sensed landscape heterogeneity as a rapid tool for assessing local biodiversity value in a highly modified New Zealand landscape

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1469-1485

  Ewers, Robert M ^a,b   Didham, Raphael K ^a   Wratten, Stephen D ^c   Tylianakis, Jason M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agricultural landscapes; Birds; Elevational gradients; GIS; Landscape heterogeneity; Managed landscapes; Riparian zone; Spatial correlation; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; HETEROGENEITY; REMOTE SENSING;

AUSTRALASIA; CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; WORLD;

AVES;

EID: 21144436416     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-004-9786-z     Document Type: Article

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