Methods and tools for addressing natural disturbance dynamics in conservation planning for wilderness areas

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 258-271

  Leroux, Shawn J ^a   Rayfield, Bronwyn ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal ecosystems; Conservation biogeography; Probabilistic models; Reserve design; Site selection; Spatial dynamic models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893921132     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12155     Document Type: Article

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