The structural connectivity threshold: An hyphothesis in conservation biology at the landscape scale

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-12

  Metzger, J P ^a   Decamps, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation biology; Percolation; Structural connectivity; Threshold

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; STRUCTURAL CONNECTIVITY THRESHOLD;

EID: 0030616745     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(97)80075-6     Document Type: Article

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