Using remote sensing to inform conservation status assessment: Estimates of recent deforestation rates on New Britain and the impacts upon endemic birds

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 56-66

  Buchanan, Graeme M ^a   Butchart, Stuart H M ^b   Dutson, Guy ^c   Pilgrim, John D ^d   Steininger, Marc K ^e   Bishop, K David ^f   Mayaux, Philippe ^g  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Birds Australia   (Australia)

^d BirdLife International in Indochina   (Viet Nam)

^e Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^f 'Semioptera' Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^g JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Forest loss; IUCN Red List; Landsat; New Guinea; Oil palm; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; DEFORESTATION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ESTIMATION METHOD; HABITAT LOSS; LAND COVER; LANDSAT; PLANTATION FORESTRY; POLICY MAKING; RED LIST; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO; MELANESIA; NEW BRITAIN; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

AVES; ELAEIS;

EID: 36549037613     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.08.023     Document Type: Article

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