Using patch isolation metrics to predict animal movement in binary landscapes

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-39

  Bender, Darren J ^a,b   Tischendorf, Lutz ^a   Fahrig, Lenore ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Fragstats; Island biogeography; Metapopulation; Nearest neighbor; Patch isolation; Proximity

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; DISPERSAL; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; ISOLATED POPULATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; METAPOPULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037251003     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022937226820     Document Type: Article

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