Time-series effective habitat area (EHA) modeling using cost-benefit raster based technique

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 19, Issue , 2014, Pages 16-25

  Sinha, Priyakant ^a   Kumar, Lalit ^a   Drielsma, Michael ^a   Barrett, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost benefit; Effective habitat area; Habitat modeling; Land cover; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT TYPE; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE; REMOTE SENSING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WILD POPULATION;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 84890015495     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2013.10.003     Document Type: Article

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