The spatial links tool: Automated mapping of habitat linkages in variegated landscapes

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 200, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 403-411

  Drielsma, Michael ^a   Manion, Glenn ^a   Ferrier, Simon ^a  

^a OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Habitat corridors; Least cost paths; Metapopulation ecology; Spatial habitat modelling; Variegated landscapes

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE TRANSFER; GRAPH THEORY; HEURISTIC METHODS; MAPPING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

HABITAT CORRIDORS; LEAST COST PATHS; METAPOPULATION ECOLOGY; SPATIAL HABITAT MODELING; VARIEGATED LANDSCAPES;

ECOLOGY;

BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; LANDSCAPE; MAPPING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33845465559     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.08.017     Document Type: Article

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