Predicting freshwater habitat integrity using land-use surrogates

Water SA

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 215-221

  Amis, M A ^a,b   Rouget, M ^a,b   Balmford, A ^a,c   Thuiller, W ^d   Kleynhans, C J ^e   Day, J ^a   Nel, J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^e DEPARTMENT OF WATER AFFAIRS AND FORESTRY   (South Africa)

^f DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Conservation planning; Freshwater habitat integrity; GIS; Land use; Predictive modelling

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REMOTE SENSING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CONSERVATION PLANNING; FRESHWATER HABITAT INTEGRITY; PREDICTIVE MODELING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CATCHMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REMOTE SENSING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMONITORING; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; GIS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT QUALITY; LAND USE; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; REMOTE SENSING; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIPARIAN ZONE; RIVER SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURROGATE METHOD;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34247561119     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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