Evaluation of buffer-radius modelling approaches used in forest conservation and planning

Forestry

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 409-421

  Brouwers, Niels C ^a   Newton, Adrian C ^b   Watts, Kevin ^c   Bailey, Sallie ^d  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d FORESTRY COMMISSION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER ZONE; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CRICKET; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PARAMETERIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ENGLAND; ISLE OF WIGHT; UNITED KINGDOM;

NEMOBIUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 77957792394     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpq023     Document Type: Article

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