Using widely available geospatial data sets to assess the influence of roads and buffers on habitat core areas and connectivity

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-274

  Jantz, Patrick ^a   Goetz, Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Conservation; Graph theory; Landscape ecology; Roadless areas

Indexed keywords

BUFFER ZONE; CONNECTIVITY; DATA MANAGEMENT; FOREST COVER; RESERVE DESIGN; ROAD; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL DATA; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48249130417     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3375/0885-8608(2008)28[261:UWAGDS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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