Thresholds in landscape connectivity and mortality risks in response to growing road networks

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1504-1513

  Frair, Jacqueline L ^a,b   Merrill, Evelyn H ^b   Beyer, Hawthorne L ^b,d   Morales, Juan Manual ^c,e  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Habitat bias; Movement model; Random walk; Road density; Road ecology

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; DEER; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; HOME RANGE; MORTALITY RISK; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; ROAD CONSTRUCTION;

ANIMALIA; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 50649095895     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01526.x     Document Type: Article

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