Predicting the distribution of forest habitat types using indicator species to facilitate systematic conservation planning

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 37, Issue PART A, 2014, Pages 131-144

  Culmsee, Heike ^a,b   Schmidt, Marcus ^c   Schmiedel, Inga ^a   Schacherer, Annemarie ^d   Meyer, Peter ^c   Leuschner, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b German Federal Foundation for the Environment   (Germany)

^c Northwest German Forest Research Station   (Germany)

^d Sect Species and Habitat Conservation   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central Europe; Forest communities; Habitat occurrence probability; Habitats Directive; Indicator species; NATURA 2000; Predicted probability of occurrence; Systematic conservation planning

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL EUROPE; FOREST COMMUNITY; HABITATS DIRECTIVES; INDICATOR SPECIES; NATURA 2000; OCCURRENCE PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE; SYSTEMATIC CONSERVATION PLANNING;

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

FORESTRY;

CONSERVATION PLANNING; CORRELATION; DECISION MAKING; FOREST COVER; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT TYPE; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATE FOREST;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; PROBABILITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY;

EID: 84888360402     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.10.010     Document Type: Article

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