BioPrEP - a regional, process-based approach for assessment of land with high conservation value for Bush Heritage Australia

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-60

  Mackey, Brendan ^a   Gilmore, Sandy ^b   Pringle, Hugh ^c   Foreman, Paul ^b   van Bommel, Linda ^a   Berry, Sandra ^a   Haseler, Murray ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Property Assessment Coordinator with Bush Heritage Australia   (Australia)

^c Private ecological ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation land assessment; Ecological processes; Habitat quality; Metabolic theory of ecology; Private conservation

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT QUALITY; METABOLISM; NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; REGIONAL PLANNING; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77953896197     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: 14428903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2010.00513.x     Document Type: Article

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