Maintaining or restoring connectivity of modified landscapes: Evaluating the least-cost path model with multiple sources of ecological information

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1547-1560

  Pullinger, Michael G ^a   Johnson, Chris J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal movement; Corridor; Expert based model; Fragmentation; Least cost path; Path deviation index; Resource selection function

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MODEL TEST; MOVEMENT; RESOURCE SELECTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMALIA; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS CARIBOU;

EID: 78049256736     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-010-9526-6     Document Type: Article

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