An overview of methods used to assess vegetation condition at the scale of the site

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Gibbons, Philip ^a   Freudenberger, David ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Metric; Rapid biodiversity assessment; Scoring systems; Vegetation condition

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; EDUCATION; INCENTIVE; NATURAL RESOURCE; REMOTE SENSING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

EID: 33646592844     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: 14428903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2006.00286.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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