Toward Best Practices for Developing Regional Connectivity Maps

Conservation Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 879-892

  Beier, Paul ^a   Spencer, Wayne ^b   Baldwin, Robert F ^c   Mcrae, Brad H ^d  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Conservation Biology Institute ^*  (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conectividad; Conexiones de vida silvestre; Connectivity; Conservation planning; Cooperativas de conservaci n del paisaje; Corridors; Especies focales; Focal species; Landscape conservation cooperatives; Planificaci n de la conservaci n; Wildlife linkages

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; GENE FLOW; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT CORRIDOR; MOVEMENT; RANGE EXPANSION; STAKEHOLDER;

AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; MAPS AS TOPIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 80052577418     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01716.x     Document Type: Review

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