Optimal restoration of altered habitats

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 737-746

  Lethbridge, Mark R ^a   Westphal, Michael I ^b,c   Possingham, Hugh P ^c   Harper, Megan L ^a   Souter, Nicholas J ^a   Anderson, Nicole ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation planning; Habitat quality; Landscape metrics; Optimization; Restoration

Indexed keywords

BIRD SPECIES; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT RESTORATION; LANDSCAPE CONFIGURATION; LANDSCAPE METRICS; MULTIPLE SPECIES; NON-LINEAR; OPTIMAL RESTORATION; REHABILITATION COST; SIMULATED ANNEALING ALGORITHMS;

BIRDS; CONSERVATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; LAND USE; RESTORATION; SIMULATED ANNEALING; VEGETATION;

ECOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; BIRD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT RESTORATION; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; OPTIMIZATION; POPULATION DECLINE; WOODLAND;

AVES;

EID: 76749144158     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2009.11.013     Document Type: Article

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