The pond network: Can structural connectivity reflect on (amphibian) biodiversity patterns?

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 673-682

  Ribeiro, Raquel ^a,b   Carretero, Miguel A ^b   Sillero, Neftalí ^c   Alarcos, Gonzalo ^a   Ortiz Santaliestra, Manuel ^d   Lizana, Miguel ^d   Llorente, Gustavo A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Functional connectivity graph theory pond breeding amphibians species richness structural connectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856212661     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-011-9592-4     Document Type: Article

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