Conefor Sensinode 2.2: A software package for quantifying the importance of habitat patches for landscape connectivity

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 135-139

  Saura, Santiago ^a,b   Torné, Josep ^a  

^a ETSEA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Conservation priorities; Ecological networks; Graph theory; Habitat availability; Landscape patterns; Landscape planning

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONSERVATION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INSULATING MATERIALS; INTERNET; OCEAN HABITATS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOFTWARE PACKAGES; URBAN PLANNING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION PRIORITIES; DECISION-MAKING SUPPORT; ECOLOGICAL NETWORKS; GRAPH STRUCTURES; GRAPH THEORY; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT PATCHES; INPUT FILES; LANDSCAPE ELEMENTS; LANDSCAPE PATTERNS; LANDSCAPE PLANNING;

ECOLOGY;

CONNECTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GIS; GRAPHICAL METHOD; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 49449104303     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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