The concept and measurement of landscape connectivity and its applications

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1903-1910

  Wu, Changguang ^a   Zhou, Zhixiang ^a   Wang, Pengcheng ^a,b   Xiao, Wenfa ^b   Teng, Mingjun ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Functional connectivity; Landscape connectivity; Landscape planning; Measurement; Structural connectivity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RESEARCH WORK; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 79952713685     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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