Assessing the biodiversity benefits of plantations: The Plantation Biodiversity Benefits Score

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-52

  Cawsey, E Margaret ^a   Freudenberger, David ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b GREENING AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment of biodiversity; Biodiversity benefits; Commercial environmental forestry; Forestry; Metric; Plantations

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PLANTATION FORESTRY;

EID: 41049094601     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: 14428903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2008.00386.x     Document Type: Article

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