Contemplating the future: Acting now on long-term monitoring to answer 2050's questions

Austral Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 213-224

  Lindenmayer, David B ^a,b   Burns, Emma L ^a,b   Tennant, Philip ^a,b   Dickman, Chris R ^a,c   Green, Peter T ^a,d   Keith, David A ^a,e   Metcalfe, Daniel J ^a,f   Russell Smith, Jeremy ^a,g   Wardle, Glenda M ^a,c   Williams, Dick ^a,f   Bossard, Karl ^a,b   deLacey, Claire ^a,b   Hanigan, Ivan ^a,b   Bull, C Michael ^h   Gillespie, Graeme ^a,i   Hobbs, Richard J ^j   Krebs, Charles J ^k   Likens, Gene E ^l,m   Porter, John ⁿ   Vardon, Michael ^b  

^a Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^f CSIRO   (Australia)

^g CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ Department of Environment and Natural Resources   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^l CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Ecosystem specific monitoring; Environmental accounting; Environmental management; Network of monitoring sites

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84927910011     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aec.12207     Document Type: Article

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