Delineating conservation areas on the Oak Ridges Moraine using a systematic conservation planning approach

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 395-402

  Puric Mladenovic, D ^a   Strobl, S ^a  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation planning; Mathematical algorithm; Restoration; Settled landscapes

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; PLANNING; RESTORATION;

CONSERVATION PLANNING; MATHEMATICAL ALGORITHM; OAK RIDGES MORAINE (ORM); SETTLED LANDSCAPES;

HARDWOODS;

CONSERVATION PLANNING; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; PROTECTED AREA;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; PLANNING; QUERCUS; RESTORATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; OAK RIDGES MORAINE; ONTARIO;

EID: 33745642461     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: 00157546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc82395-3     Document Type: Article

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