Patch-based graphs of landscape connectivity: A guide to construction, analysis and application for conservation

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-55

  Galpern, Paul ^a   Manseau, Micheline ^a,b   Fall, Andrew ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Gowlland Technologies Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actual connectivity; Functional connectivity; Graph theory; Landscape graphs; Patch based graphs

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HABITAT TYPE; LANDSCAPE; LITERATURE REVIEW; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESEARCH WORK;

EID: 78751572757     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.09.002     Document Type: Review

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