LQGraph: A software package for optimizing connectivity in conservation planning

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 750-755

  Fuller, Trevon ^a   Sarkar, Sahotra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Conservation area networks; Ecological restoration; Graph theory; Reserve selection

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; GRAPH THEORY; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; VISUALIZATION;

CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION AREA NETWORK; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; RESERVE SELECTION;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; LANDSCAPE; PATHOGEN; PROTECTED AREA; SOFTWARE; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 33645861695     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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