The science and application of ecological monitoring

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1317-1328

  Lindenmayer, David B ^a   Likens, Gene E ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive Monitoring; Biodiversity conservation; Long term ecological monitoring; Mandated monitoring; Question driven monitoring

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NATURE CONSERVATION; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 77954814608     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.02.013     Document Type: Review

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