Prioritizing habitat patches for conservation in fragmented landscapes/townscapes using network-based models and analyses

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 120, Issue , 2009, Pages 109-118

  Bodin, O ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Graphs; Habitat patches; Land use planning; Landscape fragmentation; Network models

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; MODELING; NATURE CONSERVATION; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PATCH USE; PRIORITIZATION;

EID: 71749092287     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/SDP090111     Document Type: Article

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