A comparison of metrics predicting landscape connectivity for a highly interactive species along an urban gradient in Colorado, USA

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 267-280

  Magle, Seth B ^a,b   Theobald, David M ^a   Crooks, Kevin R ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Fragmentation; Habitat; Landscape metrics; Prairie dog; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

CANID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEXITY; CONNECTIVITY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PREDICTION; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

COLORADO; DENVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS;

EID: 59449107422     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-008-9304-x     Document Type: Article

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