Regional Index of Ecological Integrity: A need for sustainable management of natural resources

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 220-229

  Reza, Mohammad Imam Hasan ^a,b   Abdullah, Saiful Arif ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbances; Conservation planning; Policy management; Regional scale; Representativeness; Spatial processes

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; NATURAL RESOURCES; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; REGIONAL SCALE; REPRESENTATIVENESS; SPATIAL PROCESS;

ECOLOGY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 78751583768     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.08.010     Document Type: Review

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