A stochastic dynamic methodology (SDM) to facilitate handling simple passerine indicators in the scope of the agri-environmental measures problematics

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-47

  Cabral, João Alexandre ^a   Rocha, Ana ^a   Santos, Mário ^a   Crespí, António Luís ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Agri environmental indicators; Agro ecosystems; Ecological integrity indicators; Hedgerows; Stochastic dynamic methodology

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS; ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY INDICATORS; HEDGEROWS; STOCHASTIC DYNAMIC METHODOLOGY;

STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; HEDGEROW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PASSERINE; STOCHASTICITY;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 33750716556     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2005.09.004     Document Type: Article

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