Improving landscape connectivity in forest districts: A two-stage process for prioritizing agricultural patches for reforestation

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 154-161

  Garcia Feced C ^a   Saura, S ^a   Elena Rossello R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecological networks; Forest landscape planning; Graph theory; Potential functional connectivity; Stepping stone; Wildlife corridor

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL NETWORKS; FOREST LANDSCAPE; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; STEPPING STONE; WILDLIFE CORRIDOR;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; GRAPH THEORY; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; PROGRAM DIAGNOSTICS; REFORESTATION; REVEGETATION;

ECOLOGY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CONNECTIVITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT CORRIDOR; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; NATURAL RESOURCE; PATCH DYNAMICS; REFORESTATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

SPAIN;

EID: 78149468010     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.09.047     Document Type: Article

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