Integrative approach for landscape-based graph connectivity analysis: A case study with the common frog (Rana temporaria) in human-dominated landscapes

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 267-279

  Decout, Samuel ^a   Manel, Stéphanie ^b,c   Miaud, Claude ^c   Luque, Sandra ^a  

^a Cemagref   (France)

^b Aix Marseille University Marseille   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

Common frog; Graph theory; Habitat suitability; Landscape permeability; Maximum entropy modelling; Pond breeding amphibians; Structural connectivity

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONNECTIVITY; DISPERSAL; FROG; GRAPHICAL METHOD; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT LOSS; HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND DEGRADATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; MAXIMUM ENTROPY ANALYSIS; MOVEMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SOFTWARE; SURVIVAL; VULNERABILITY;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA TEMPORARIA;

EID: 84856209290     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-011-9694-z     Document Type: Article

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