Accounting for connectivity and spatial correlation in the optimal placement of wildlife habitat

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 88, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 143-155

  Hof, John ^a   Flather, Curtis H ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Landscape structure; Nonlinear programming; Patchy environments; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; OPTIMAL PLACEMENT; PATCH DYNAMICS; SPATIAL PATTERN; WILDLIFE HABITAT;

EID: 0030513048     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3800(95)00082-8     Document Type: Article

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