Framework to improve the application of theory in ecology and conservation

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 129-147

  Driscoll, Don A ^a   Lindenmayer, David B ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disturbance theory; Heuristics; Island biogeography; Metacommunity; Metapopulation; Research planning; Science communication; Tumut fragmentation study; Unified theory; Victorian mountain ash forest

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; DICOTYLEDON; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; HEURISTICS; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; METAPOPULATION; MONTANE FOREST; NETWORKING; RATIONALIZATION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RESEARCH WORK;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

SORBUS;

EID: 84859582207     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0916.1     Document Type: Article

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