Connectivity for conservation: A framework to classify network measures

Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 847-858

  Rayfield, Bronwyn ^a,b   Fortin, Marie Josée ^a   Fall, Andrew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Circuit theory; Conservation management; Corridors; Fragmentation; Graph theory; Habitat resistance; Inter patch movement; Landscape connectivity; Least cost path; Network theory

Indexed keywords

HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT SELECTION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MOVEMENT; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PROTECTED AREA; VULNERABILITY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TIME;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955653378     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-2190.1     Document Type: Article

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