Dynamic Landscape Metapopulation Models and Sustainable Forest Management

Models for Planning Wildlife Conservation in Large Landscapes

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 473-499

  Bekessy, Sarah ^a   Wintle, Brendan ^a   Gordon, Ascelin ^a   Chisholm, Ryan ^b   Venier, Lisa ^c   Pearce, Jennie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GREAT LAKES FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d Pearce and Associates Ecological Research   (Canada)

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EID: 77950120159     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-373631-4.00018-6     Document Type: Chapter

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