Graph theory in action: Evaluating planned highway tracks based on connectivity measures

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 581-586

  Vasas, Vera ^a   Magura, Tibor ^b   Jordán, Ferenc ^c   Tóthmérész, Béla ^d  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIV OF HORT AND FOOD INDUSTRY   (Hungary)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Bereg plain; Carabidae; Habitat network; Landscape graph

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EXTINCTION RISK; GENE FLOW; GRAPHICAL METHOD; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE PLANNING; NETWORK ANALYSIS; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; STOCHASTICITY; SURVIVAL;

BEREG PLAIN; EURASIA; EUROPE;

CARABIDAE;

EID: 67349169102     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-009-9346-8     Document Type: Article

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