Optimal networks of nature reserves can be found through eigenvalue perturbation theory of the connectivity matrix

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1861-1870

  Jacobi, Martin Nilsson ^a   Jonsson, Per R ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Conservation; Dispersal; Eigenvalue perturbation theory; Networks; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONNECTIVITY; DISPERSAL; EIGENVALUE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HOLISTIC APPROACH; METAPOPULATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; NATURE RESERVE; OPTIMIZATION; PERTURBATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; SEA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS;

EID: 79960378382     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-0915.1     Document Type: Article

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