Connectivity, dispersal behaviour and conservation under climate change: A response to Hodgson et al.

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 143-147

  Doerr, Veronica A J ^a,b   Barrett, Tom ^c   Doerr, Erik D ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Geological Survey of New South Wales   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Behavioural ecology; Connectivity conservation; Corridor; Fragmentation; Gap crossing; Metapopulation; Population viability; Range shift; Stepping stone

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; METAPOPULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; RANGE EXPANSION;

EID: 78650953470     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01899.x     Document Type: Article

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