The trajectory of dispersal research in conservation biology. Systematic review

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Driscoll, Don A ^a   Banks, Sam C ^a   Barton, Philip S ^a   Ikin, Karen ^a   Lentini, Pia ^a,b   Lindenmayer, David B ^a   Smith, Annabel L ^a   Berry, Laurence E ^a   Burns, Emma L ^a   Edworthy, Amanda ^a   Evans, Maldwyn J ^a   Gibson, Rebecca ^c   Heinsohn, Rob ^a   Howland, Brett ^a   Kay, Geoff ^a   Munro, Nicola ^a   Scheele, Ben C ^a   Stirnemann, Ingrid ^a   Stojanovic, Dejan ^a   Sweaney, Nici ^a   Villaseñor, Nelida R ^a   Westgate, Martin J ^a   more..

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOME; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL GENETICS; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT SELECTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISPERSAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; SPECIES INVASION; TAXONOMY; ANIMAL; ECOLOGY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HISTORY; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS;

EID: 84899688294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095053     Document Type: Review

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