A spatial model to estimate habitat fragmentation and its consequences on long-term persistence of animal populations

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 109, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 199-225

  Aurambout, J P ^a   Endress, A G ^a   Deal, B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal dispersal; Connectivity; Environmental planning; Habitat fragmentation; LEAM; Population management; Spatial dynamic modeling

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HABITAT CONNECTIVITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; POPULATION MANAGEMENT; SPATIAL DYNAMIC MODELING;

LAND USE;

CELLULAR AUTOMATON; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT PATCHINESS; HABITAT SELECTION; INBREEDING; LANDSCAPE; MODEL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES HABITAT; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INBREEDING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALIA; PEORIA;

EID: 27744446918     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-6266-1     Document Type: Article

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