Can habitat surrogates predict the response of target species to landscape change?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 184, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-10

  Pierson, Jennifer C ^a   Barton, Philip S ^a   Lane, Peter W ^a   Lindenmayer, David B ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Arboreal marsupial; Cavity nest; Monitoring; Surrogate; Tree hollow

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ARBOREAL SPECIES; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MARSUPIAL; MONITORING SYSTEM; SURROGATE METHOD;

METATHERIA;

EID: 84921023932     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.12.017     Document Type: Article

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