Evaluating least-cost model predictions with empirical dispersal data: A case-study using radiotracking data of hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus)

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 209, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 314-322

  Driezen, Kassandra ^a   Adriaensen, Frank ^a   Rondinini, Carlo ^b   Doncaster, C Patrick ^c   Matthysen, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Cost distance; Dispersal path; Erinaceus europaeus; Least cost model

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

COST-DISTANCE; DISPERSAL PATHS; ERINACEUS EUROPAEUS; LEAST-COST MODELS;

BIODIVERSITY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HABITAT USE; INSECTIVORE; MAMMAL; MODEL VALIDATION; MODELING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ERINACEIDAE; ERINACEUS EUROPAEUS;

EID: 35748972661     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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