Using focal species modelling to evaluate the impact of land use change on forest and other habitat networks in western oceanic landscapes

Forestry

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-134

  Humphrey, Jonathan ^a   Ray, Duncan ^a   Brown, Tracy ^a   Stone, Duncan ^b   Watts, Kevin ^a   Anderson, Russell ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOREST DYNAMICS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LICHEN; SONGBIRD; TESTING METHOD; WOODLAND;

AVES; CONIFEROPHYTA; EUPHYDRYAS AURINIA; EURODRYAS AURINIA; PSEUDOCYPHELLARIA; TURDUS PHILOMELOS;

EID: 65349148579     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpn042     Document Type: Article

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