Combining correlative and mechanistic habitat suitability models to improve ecological compensation

Biological Reviews

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 314-329

  Meineri, Eric ^a,b   Deville, Anne Sophie ^a,c   Grémillet, David ^c,d   Gauthier Clerc, Michel ^a,e   Béchet, Arnaud ^a  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Animal spatial dynamics; Biodiversity; Compensation; Conservation; Energy expenditure; Habitat loss; Mitigation; Offsets; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84979032211     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/brv.12111     Document Type: Article

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