Assessing highway permeability for the restoration of landscape connectivity between protected areas in the Basque country, Northern Spain

Landscape Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 529-550

  Gurrutxaga, Mikel ^a   Lozano, Pedro J ^a   del Gabriel, Barrio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basque country; Defragmentation measures; GIS; Highways; Landscape connectivity

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FRAGMENTATION; GIS; LANDSCAPE; MAMMAL; PERMEABILITY; PROTECTED AREA; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

BASQUE COUNTRY; SPAIN;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77957786880     PISSN: 01426397     EISSN: 14699710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01426397.2010.504915     Document Type: Article

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