Designing a coherent ecological network for large mammals in northwestern Europe

Conservation Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 549-557

  Bruinderink, Geert Groot ^a   Van Der Sluis, Theo ^a   Lammertsma, Dennis ^a   Opdam, Paul ^a   Pouwels, Rogier ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MAMMAL; NETWORK ANALYSIS; RESERVE DESIGN;

EUROPE;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 0041739254     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2003.01137.x     Document Type: Article

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