Predicting risk of habitat conversion in native temperate grasslands

Conservation Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1320-1330

  Stephens, Scott E ^a   Walker, Johann A ^a   Blunck, Darin R ^a   Jayaraman, Aneetha ^a,c   Naugle, David E ^b   Ringelman, James K ^a   Smith, Aaron J ^a  

^a Ducks Unlimited Incorporated   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation planning; Habitat loss; Land conversion; Land use; Native grassland; Prairie Pothole Region

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; LAND USE CHANGE; MODEL TEST; PRAIRIE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; POACEAE; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; ALGORITHMS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; LOGISTIC MODELS; NORTH DAKOTA; POACEAE; PROBABILITY; SOUTH DAKOTA;

MISSOURI COTEAU; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH DAKOTA; PRAIRIE POTHOLE REGION; UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 52649093301     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.01022.x     Document Type: Article

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