Assessing spatio-temporal priorities for species' recovery in broad-scale dynamic landscapes

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 832-840

  Santika, Truly ^a   Mcalpine, Clive A ^a   Lunney, Daniel ^b,c   Wilson, Kerrie A ^a   Rhodes, Jonathan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Dynamic occupancy model; Dynamic threats; Koala; Land use change; Multiple threats; Recovery planning; Spatial prioritization

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CANID; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECISION ANALYSIS; DICOTYLEDON; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HABITAT RESTORATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MARSUPIAL; PRIORITIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; EUCALYPTUS; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS;

EID: 84948718542     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12441     Document Type: Article

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