Assessing effects of land use on landscape connectivity: Loss and fragmentation of western U.S. forests

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2445-2458

  Theobald, David M ^a   Crooks, Kevin R ^a   Norman, John B ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest land use change; Graph theory; Landscape connectivity; Road use; Western United States

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; LAND COVER; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; MOTORWAY; PATCH SIZE; REMOTE SENSING; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; ROAD;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053951534     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-1701.1     Document Type: Article

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