Does matrix resistance influence Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris L. 1758) distribution in an urban landscape?

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 791-805

  Verbeylen, Goedele ^a,b   De Bruyn, Luc ^a,b   Adriaensen, Frank ^a   Matthysen, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

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

Author keywords

Cost distance; Effective distance; GIS; Landscape resistance; Patch isolation; Patch quality; Patch size; Red squirrel

Indexed keywords

HABITAT QUALITY; ISOLATION EFFECT; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PATCH SIZE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MODELING; RODENT; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; BRUSSELS; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS; SCIURUS VULGARIS; TAMIASCIURUS;

EID: 1442265121     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:LAND.0000014492.50765.05     Document Type: Article

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