Rapid assessment of habitat quality in riparian rainforest vegetation

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 20-33

  Lawson, Tina ^a   Goosem, Miriam ^a   Gillieson, David ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bird species composition; GIS; Habitat quality; Rainforest; Remote sensing; Riparian vegetation

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIRD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GIS; HABITAT QUALITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; RIPARIAN FOREST; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SATELLITE DATA; VEGETATION COVER;

AVES;

EID: 48849107336     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PC080020     Document Type: Article

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