A multiscale network analysis of protected-area connectivity for mammals in the United States

Conservation Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1549-1558

  Minor, Emily S ^a,b   Lookingbill, Todd R ^a,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Dispersal; Graph theory; Reserve design; Umbrella species

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOME; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DISPERSAL; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GENE FLOW; HABITAT CORRIDOR; MAMMAL; POPULATION MIGRATION; PROTECTED AREA; RANGE EXPANSION; RESERVE DESIGN; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; MAMMAL; POPULATION MIGRATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GEOGRAPHY; MAMMALS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 78349266050     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01558.x     Document Type: Article

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