Developing a functional connectivity indicator to detect change in fragmented landscapes

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 552-557

  Watts, Kevin ^a   Handley, Phillip ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Cost distance; Edge; Least cost model; Permeability

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY INDICATORS; BIODIVERSITY VALUES; CELL-BASED; CONSERVATION POLICY; CONSERVATION TARGETS; EDGE; FRAGMENTED LANDSCAPES; FUNCTIONAL APPROACH; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT PREFERENCES; INCIDENCE FUNCTION; LANDSCAPE CHANGES; LEAST-COST MODEL; MATRIX; MATRIX PERMEABILITY; PERMEABILITY; POSITIVE CHANGES; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT;

AC GENERATOR MOTORS; BIODIVERSITY; CAPILLARITY; COSTS; FORESTRY;

ECOLOGY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONSERVATION STATUS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT SELECTION; LANDSCAPE; MODEL; PATCH DYNAMICS;

EID: 70449534672     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2009.07.009     Document Type: Article

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