Making graph theory operational for landscape ecological assessments, planning, and design

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 181-191

  Zetterberg, Andreas ^a   Mörtberg, Ulla M ^a   Balfors, Berit ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Environmental planning; European common toad; Functional connectivity; Least cost modeling; Metapatch; Spatial redundancy

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LIFE; ECOLOGY; REGIONAL PLANNING;

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EUROPEAN COMMON TOAD; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; LEAST COST MODELING; METAPATCH; SPATIAL REDUNDANCY;

GRAPH THEORY;

CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GRAPHICAL METHOD; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; PATCH USE; REGIONAL PLANNING; TOAD;

STOCKHOLM [STOCKHOLM (CNT)]; STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN;

ANURA; BUFO BUFO;

EID: 77950019384     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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