Optimizing landscape configuration: A case study of woodland birds in the Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 56-66

  Westphal, Michael I ^a,b   Field, Scott A ^b,c   Possingham, Hugh P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian birds; Landscape design; Revegetation; Simulated annealing algorithm; Spatial optimization

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; REVEGETATION; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

AUSTRALIAN BIRDS; LANDSCAPE DESIGN; SIMULATED ANNEALING ALGORITHM; SPATIAL OPTIMIZATION;

BIRDS;

ALGORITHM; BIRD; HABITAT RESTORATION; OPTIMIZATION; PATCH SIZE; REVEGETATION; SIMULATED ANNEALING; WOODLAND;

ALGORITHMS; BIRDS; FORESTS; ITERATIVE METHODS; OPTIMIZATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MOUNT LOFTY RANGES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

AVES;

EID: 34247529912     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2006.10.015     Document Type: Article

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