Using bird species community occurrence to prioritize forests for old growth restoration

Ecography

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 499-507

  Schuster, Richard ^a   Arcese, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DATA PROCESSING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MAPPING; NATIVE SPECIES; NUMERICAL MODEL; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; REMOTE SENSING; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

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EID: 84875669628     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2012.07681.x     Document Type: Article

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