Identifying hotspots for threats to koalas using spatial analysis

MODSIM07 - Land, Water and Environmental Management: Integrated Systems for Sustainability, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1294-1300

  Preece, H J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Forest fragmentation; GIS; Habitat; Hotspot; Koala; Spatial modelling; Threatzone

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; INTEGRATED CONTROL; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; RISK PERCEPTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION; FOREST FRAGMENTATIONS; FRAGMENTATION MODELS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN POPULATION GROWTH; SPATIAL CONCENTRATION; WILDLIFE POPULATIONS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EID: 80052956371     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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