Design of ecoregional monitoring in conservation areas of high-latitude ecosystems under contemporary climate change

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1258-1269

  Beever, Erik A ^a   Woodward, Andrea ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b WESTERN FISHERIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Conceptual models; Monitoring objectives; Monitoring program structure and designs; Public lands

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DESIGN; ECOREGION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HABITAT TYPE; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE; LATITUDE; MAGNITUDE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROTECTED AREA; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79956207696     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.06.022     Document Type: Article

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