Modeling potential species richness and urban buildout to identify mitigation sites along a California highway

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 277-291

  Thorne, James H ^a   Gao, Shengyi ^a   Hollander, Allan D ^a   Kennedy, Jeffery A ^a   McCoy, Michael ^a   Johnston, Robert A ^a   Quinn, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Land cover map; Potential species model; Regional mitigation planning; Urban growth model

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; MAPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROBABILITY;

LAND COVER MAP; POTENTIAL SPECIES MODEL; REGIONAL MITIGATION PLANNING; URBAN GROWTH MODEL;

REGIONAL PLANNING;

ENDANGERED SPECIES; IMAGERY; LAND COVER; MODELING; PROBABILITY; REGIONAL PLANNING; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN GROWTH;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746358499     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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