A tool for protected area management: Multivariate control charts 'cope' with rare variable communities

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1667-1676

  Stringell, Thomas B ^a,b   Bamber, Roger N ^c   Burton, Mark ^a   Lindenbaum, Charles ^a   Skates, Lucie R ^a,d   Sanderson, William G ^e  

^a Maes y Ffynnon Ffordd Penrhos ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c Artoo Marine Biology Consultants   (United Kingdom)

^d ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^e HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation management; Habitats Directive; Indicator; Lagoon; Sustainable use; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881503132     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.585     Document Type: Article

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