Assessing and managing risks to ecosystem biodiversity

Austral Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 337-346

  Keith, David A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecosystem management; Environmental legislation; IUCN Red List of Ecosystems; Risk assessment; Systematic conservation planning; Threatened ecological community

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; RED LIST; REGULATORY APPROACH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TYPOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84929949039     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aec.12249     Document Type: Article

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