Network analysis to assess landscape connectivity trends: Application to European forests (1990-2000)

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 407-416

  Saura, Santiago ^a   Estreguil, Christine ^b   Mouton, Coralie ^b   Rodríguez Freire, Mónica ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ecological connectivity; Ecological networks; Graph theory; Habitat availability indices; Landscape dynamics; Spatial pattern indicators

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; GRAPH THEORY;

ECOLOGICAL CONNECTIVITIES; ECOLOGICAL NETWORKS; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; LANDSCAPE DYNAMICS; SPATIAL PATTERNS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOMONITORING; CONNECTIVITY; DISPERSAL; GENE FLOW; GRAPHICAL METHOD; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; LAND COVER; POLLINATION; SPATIAL PLANNING; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 78751593574     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.06.011     Document Type: Article

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