Measuring landscape connectivity: The challenge of behavioral landscape ecology

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1988-1995

  Bélisle, Marc ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavioral ecology; Cost function; Dispersal; Field experiments; Functional connectivity; Gap crossing behavior; Landscape anisotropy; Movement; Travel costs

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 23644459672     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-0923     Document Type: Review

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