State-and-transition modelling for Adaptive Management of native woodlands

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1224-1236

  Rumpff, L ^a   Duncan, D H ^b   Vesk, P A ^a   Keith, D A ^c   Wintle, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive Management; Bayesian network; Native vegetation; Process model; Restoration; State and transition

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT RESTORATION; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURAL RESOURCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79952619893     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.10.026     Document Type: Article

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