Long-term ecological research in Australia: Innovative approaches for future benefits

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 216-228

  Hero, Jean Marc ^a   Guy Castley, J ^a   Malone, Mikalah ^a   Lawson, Ben ^a   Magnusson, William E ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodiversity monitoring; Condition assessment lter; Ilter data management natural resource management long term ecological research

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOPHYSICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INNOVATION; LANDSCAPE; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESEARCH WORK; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 78049276372     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/AZ.2010.010     Document Type: Article

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