The use of probabilistic habitat suitability models for biodiversity action planning

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 228-250

  Bayliss, Julian L ^a   Simonite, Vanessa ^a   Thompson, Stewart ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian decision rules; Environmentally sensitive area scheme; Habitat targeting; Indicator kriging; Lowland wet grasslands; Multi species targeting; Multilevel modelling

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

AVES;

EID: 22544469615     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2005.02.008     Document Type: Article

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