A strategic plan for an Australian Long-Term Environmental Monitoring Network

Austral Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-8

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

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Biodiversity loss and conservation; Environmental management; Long term monitoring network; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79251469425     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02179.x     Document Type: Article

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