Estimating biodiversity impacts without field surveys: A case study in northern Borneo

Ambio

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 110-119

  Kitzes, Justin ^a   Shirley, Rebekah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Impact assessment; Land use; Landscape; Population

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DAM CONSTRUCTION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXTINCTION RISK; FIELD SURVEY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; POPULATION STRUCTURE; STUDY METHOD;

BORNEO; EAST MALAYSIA; MALAYSIA; SARAWAK;

ARTHROPODA; AVES; MAMMALIA;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; BIODIVERSITY; BORNEO; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MAMMAL; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BIODIVERSITY; BORNEO; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MAMMALS;

EID: 84954202475     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: 16547209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-015-0683-3     Document Type: Article

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