Emergent properties of patch shapes affect edge permeability to animals

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Nams, Vilis O ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HABITAT PATCHINESS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ORIENTATION; PERMEABILITY;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ORIENTATION; PERMEABILITY; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 79959780522     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021886     Document Type: Article

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