Utility of habitat suitability models as biodiversity assessment tools in forest management

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 7, 2006, Pages 62-72

  Edenius, Lars ^a   Mikusiński, Grzegorz ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b SLU   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Forest; Habitat; Literature; Management; Model; Species; Suitability

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS;

HABITAT; LITERATURE; SUITABILITY;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY;

EID: 33644633349     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14004080500486989     Document Type: Article

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