Connectivity of core habitat in the Northeastern United States: Parks and protected areas in a landscape context

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1421-1429

  Goetz, Scott J ^a   Jantz, Patrick ^b   Jantz, Claire A ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Shippensburg State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Conservation; Graph theory; Impervious cover; Land cover change; Landscape ecology; Management; Protected areas; Roadless areas

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; IMPERVIOUS COVER; LAND COVER CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PROTECTED AREAS; ROADLESS AREAS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; GRAPH THEORY; LANDFORMS; OCEAN HABITATS; PARKS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ECOLOGY;

CONNECTIVITY; DATA SET; FOREST CANOPY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PROTECTED AREA; RURAL AREA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; URBANIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; DATA; ECOLOGY; EXTRACTION; FORESTRY; FORESTS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MANAGEMENT; MAPS; ROADS; SATELLITES; SET;

MID-ATLANTIC STATES; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 67349087656     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2008.07.019     Document Type: Article

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