The application of 'least-cost' modelling as a functional landscape model

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 233-247

  Adriaensen, F ^a   Chardon, J P ^a,b   De Blust, G ^c   Swinnen, E ^d   Villalba, S ^d   Gulinck, H ^d   Matthysen, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Cost distance; Effective distance; Environmental planning; Isolation; Landscape model

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

HABITAT FRAGMENTATIONS;

URBAN PLANNING;

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MODELING;

EID: 0038080084     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2046(02)00242-6     Document Type: Article

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