A composite threat indicator approach to monitor vegetation condition in the Wet Tropics, Queensland, Australia

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 18, Issue , 2012, Pages 191-199

  Pert, Petina L ^a   Butler, James R A ^b   Bruce, Caroline ^b   Metcalfe, Daniel ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Composite threat index; Fragmentation; Indicators; Vegetation condition; Visualization; Wet Tropics of Australia

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; FERAL ANIMALS; FOREST COVER; FRAGMENTATION; INDICATORS AND INDICES; MULTIPLE SCALE; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; PRIORITIZATION; QUEENSLAND; RAPID ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL SCALE; REPORT CARDS; ROAD DENSITY; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE; VEGETATION CONDITION; WET TROPICS; COMPOSITE THREAT INDICES; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENTS (NRM); WET TROPICS OF AUSTRALIA;

BIODIVERSITY; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FORESTRY; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; VISUALIZATION;

TROPICS;

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PRIORITIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STAKEHOLDER; TROPICAL REGION; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION MAPPING; VISUALIZATION; BIOINDICATOR; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FERAL ORGANISM; FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; COMPOSITES; FRAGMENTATION; INDICATORS; NATURAL RESOURCES; PLANTS; TROPICS;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 83455225574     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.11.018     Document Type: Article

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