Dynamic reserve design with the union-find algorithm

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 215, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 369-376

  Harrison, Paul ^a   Spring, Daniel ^a   MacKenzie, Michael ^b   Mac Nally, Ralph ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Dynamic reserve design; Graph theory; Union find algorithm

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DEFORESTATION; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; FORESTRY; HEURISTIC PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICS; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS; SITE SELECTION;

CONNECTED REGIONS; EFFICIENT METHODS; ELSEVIER (CO); HABITAT LOSS; MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS; NUMBER OF SPECIES; RESERVE DESIGN; SITE CONNECTIVITY; SPECIES PERSISTENCE; UNION FIND;

DYNAMIC MODELS;

ALGORITHM; CONNECTIVITY; DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HABITAT LOSS; RESERVE DESIGN; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTERS; DEFORESTATION; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; FRAGMENTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NETWORKS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 45249091478     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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