Combining a dispersal model with network theory to assess habitat connectivity

Ecological Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 427-441

  Lookingbill, Todd R ^a,c   Gardner, Robert H ^a   Ferrari, Joseph R ^a   Keller, Cherry E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

Delmarva fox squirrel; Dispersal; Graph theory; Habitat connectivity; Landscape corridors; Sciurus niger cinereus; Threatened species conservation

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GIS; HABITAT TYPE; IDENTIFICATION KEY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; ISOLATED POPULATION; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; NETWORK ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PATCHINESS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RODENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

DELMARVA PENINSULA; UNITED STATES;

SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS NIGER; SCIURUS NIGER CINEREUS;

EID: 77950154369     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-0073.1     Document Type: Article

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