Assessing reserve effectiveness: Application to a threatened species in a dynamic fire prone forest landscape

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 338, Issue , 2016, Pages 90-100

  Todd, Charles R ^a   Lindenmayer, David B ^b   Stamation, Kasey ^a   Acevedo Cattaneo, Silvana ^a,c   Smith, Stephen ^a,d   Lumsden, Linda F ^a  

^a ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gymnobelideus leadbeateri; Leadbeater's possum; Metapopulation model; Population risk analysis; Reserve adequacy; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

GYMNOBELIDEUS LEADBEATERI; LEADBEATER'S POSSUM; METAPOPULATION MODEL; POPULATION RISKS; RESERVE ADEQUACY;

CONSERVATION;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DISTURBANCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE; MARSUPIAL; POPULATION MODELING; PROTECTED AREA; RESERVE DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

GYMNOBELIDEUS LEADBEATERI;

EID: 84984808080     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2016.07.021     Document Type: Article

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