Integrating network ecology with applied conservation: A synthesis and guide to implementation

AoB PLANTS

Volumn 7, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Kaiser Bunbury, Christopher N ^a   Blüthgen, Nico ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Biodiversity conservation; Ecological integrity; Ecosystem functions; Indicators; Interaction networks; Islands; Pollination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976308819     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20412851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plv076     Document Type: Short Survey

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