Directional connectivity of wolf (canis lupus) populations in northwest Spain and anthropogenic effects on dispersal patterns

Environmental Modeling and Assessment

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-51

  Rodríguez Freire, Mónica ^a   Crecente Maseda, Rafael ^b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anisotropic cost surfaces; Canis lupus; Directional connectivity; GIS; Multi Criteria Evaluation; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANISOTROPIC SURFACES; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECTS; CANIS LUPUS; COST SURFACES; DIRECTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; HABITAT SUITABILITY; MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATIONS; MULTI-CRITERIA EVALUATION;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CANID; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISPERSAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VISUALIZATION;

GALICIA [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 38349128806     PISSN: 14202026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10666-006-9078-y     Document Type: Article

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