Systematic identification of potential conservation priority areas on roadless Bureau of Land Management lands in the western United States

Biological Conservation

Volumn 178, Issue , 2014, Pages 117-127

  Dickson, Brett G ^a   Zachmann, Luke J ^a   Albano, Christine M ^b  

^a Conservation Science Partners Inc ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; BLM; Connectivity; Resilience; Richness; Roadless

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; GLOBAL CHANGE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LAND MANAGEMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPECIES RICHNESS; STAKEHOLDER; WATER AVAILABILITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; RESILIENCE; SURFACE WATER; VEGETATION;

UNITED STATES; ARIZONA; COLORADO; NEVADA; OREGON; UTAH;

EID: 84906506068     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.08.001     Document Type: Article

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