Landscape change and the science of biodiversity conservation in tropical forests: A view from the temperate world

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2405-2411

  Lindenmayer, David B ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Cross learning; Plantation expansion; Temperate forests; Tropical forests; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FOREST CLEARANCE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PLANTATION; TEMPERATE FOREST; TROPICAL FOREST; WILDFIRE;

EID: 77955921290     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.12.015     Document Type: Article

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