A conceptual model of ecological connectivity in the Shellharbour Local Government Area, New South Wales, Australia

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-59

  Parker, Kellie ^a   Head, Lesley ^a   Chisholm, Laurie A ^a   Feneley, Nick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b Shellharbour City Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecological connectivity; Fragments; Rapid assessment; Urban

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; URBAN PLANNING;

ECOLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY; FRAGMENTS; RAPID ASSESSMENT;

BIODIVERSITY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; URBAN AREA;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 41949103632     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2007.12.007     Document Type: Article

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