Multiple structural modifications to dendritic ecological networks produce simple responses

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 2537-2545

  Padgham, Mark ^a,b   Webb, J Angus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catchment scale planning; Connectivity; Dendritic ecological network (DEN); Graph theory; Landscape ecology; Network analysis

Indexed keywords

COMBINED EFFECT; COMPLEX INTERACTION; CONNECTIVITY; DENDRITIC NETWORKS; ECOLOGICAL NETWORKS; GENERAL METHOD; GUIDING PRINCIPLES; HABITAT PATCHES; HABITAT QUALITY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NETWORK ANALYSIS; OR-NETWORKS; SCALE EFFECTS; SIMULATION-BASED; STREAM MANAGEMENT; STREAM NETWORKS; STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS;

CATCHMENTS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; GRAPH THEORY; HYDRAULICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PLANNING; RUNOFF;

ECOLOGY;

CATCHMENT; CONNECTIVITY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FISH; GRAPHICAL METHOD; HABITAT QUALITY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NETWORK ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PATCH USE; STREAM; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77956445804     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.04.022     Document Type: Article

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