A Multispecies Framework for Landscape Conservation Planning

Conservation Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1010-1021

  Schwenk, W Scott ^a   Donovan, Therese M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Aves; Biodiversidad; Biodiversity; Bosques; Conservaci n del paisaje; Evaluaci n de m ltiples especies; Forests; Habitat loss; Landbirds; Landscape conservation; Modelo de ocupaci n; Multispecies assessment; Occupancy modeling; P rdida de h bitat; Vermont

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT LOSS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRADE-OFF;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES; VERMONT;

UNITED STATES; VERMONT;

AVES;

EID: 84860413579     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01723.x     Document Type: Article

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