Optimizing regional conservation planning for forest birds

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 726-735

  Beaudry, Frederic ^a   Pidgeon, Anna M ^a   Mladenoff, David J ^a   Howe, Robert W ^b   Bartelt, Gerald A ^c   Radeloff, Volker C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN GREEN BAY   (United States)

^c WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Hierarchical prioritization; Optimization; Potential habitat models; Public land; Tribal land; Wisconsin; Zonation

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT CONSERVATION; OPTIMIZATION; PRIORITIZATION; ZONATION;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

AVES;

EID: 79955945361     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.01985.x     Document Type: Article

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