Ecological processes: A key element in strategies for nature conservation

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 192-199

  Bennett, Andrew F ^a   Haslem, Angie ^a   Cheal, David C ^b   Clarke, Michael F ^c   Jones, Roger N ^d   Koehn, John D ^b   Lake, P Sam ^e   Lumsden, Linda F ^b   Lunt, Ian D ^f   MacKey, Brendan G ^g   Mac Nally, Ralph ^e   Menkhorst, Peter W ^b   New, Tim R ^c   Newell, Graeme R ^b   O'Hara, Tim ^h   Quinn, Gerry P ^a   Radford, James Q ^a   Robinson, Doug ⁱ   Watson, James E M ^a   Yen, Alan L ^j  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

ⁱ Trust for Nature   (Australia)

^j Department of Primary Industries ^*  (United States)

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Author keywords

Anthropogenic change; Biodiversity management; Ecological monitoring; Restoration; Threatening processes

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NATURE CONSERVATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 70649084199     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: 14428903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2009.00489.x     Document Type: Review

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