Long-term effects of traditional and conservation-oriented forest management on the distribution of vertebrates in Mediterranean forests: A hierarchical hybrid modelling approach

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1141-1154

  Di Febbraro, Mirko ^a   Roscioni, Federica ^a   Frate, Ludovico ^a,b   Carranza, Maria Laura ^a   De Lisio, Lorenzo ^a   De Rosa, Davide ^a   Marchetti, Marco ^a   Loy, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^b CNR IBAF   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conservation oriented forest management; Forest dynamic models; Habitat fragmentation; Mediterranean forests; Species distribution models; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SUCCESSION; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; VERTEBRATE;

ITALY; MOLISE;

SALAMANDROIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84941022853     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12362     Document Type: Article

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