Characterizing the "fragmentation-barrier" effect of road networks on landscape connectivity: A case study in Xishuangbanna, Southwest China

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 122-129

  Fu, Wei ^a   Liu, Shiliang ^a   Degloria, Stephen D ^b   Dong, Shikui ^a   Beazley, Robert ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c Plant Breeding and Genetics Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier effect; Connectivity index; Effective distance; Fragmentation effect; Landscape ecology

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ROADS AND STREETS;

BARRIER EFFECTS; CONNECTIVITY INDICES; EFFECTIVE DISTANCE; FRAGMENTATION EFFECT; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

CONNECTIVITY; FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; MOVEMENT; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROAD; ROAD TRANSPORT;

CHINA; XISHUANGBANNA; YUNNAN;

EID: 77549088793     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2009.12.009     Document Type: Article

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