Breaking functional connectivity into components: A novel approach using an individual-based model, and first outcomes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Pe'er, Guy ^a,b   Henle, Klaus ^a   Dislich, Claudia ^a   Frank, Karin ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT PATCHINESS; HABITAT QUALITY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; ANIMAL; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 79960939487     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022355     Document Type: Article

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