Habitat area, quality and connectivity: Striking the balance for efficient conservation

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 148-152

  Hodgson, Jenny A ^a   Moilanen, Atte ^b   Wintle, Brendan A ^c   Thomas, Chris D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b Metapopulation Research Group   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Climate change; Conservation planning; Corridor; Landscape; Matrix; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONIZATION; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DISPERSAL; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 78650937354     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01919.x     Document Type: Article

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