Using spatial network structure in landscape management and planning: A case study with pond turtles

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 100, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 67-76

  Pereira, Miguel ^a   Segurado, Pedro ^a,b   Neves, Nuno ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Emys orbicularis; Fragmentation; Graph analysis; Pond network

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEMS; GRAPH THEORY;

CONNECTIVITY; EMYS ORBICULARIS; FRAGMENTATION; FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; GRAPH ANALYSIS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT SUITABILITY MODEL; LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT;

LAKES;

CONNECTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HYBRID; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TURTLE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EMYDIDAE; EMYS; EMYS ORBICULARIS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 79751537076     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2010.11.009     Document Type: Article

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