Landscape connectivity analysis for conservation: Insights from combining new methods with ecological and genetic data

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 153-157

  Luque, Sandra ^a   Saura, Santiago ^b   Fortin, Marie Josée ^c  

^a Cemagref   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84856232933     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-011-9700-5     Document Type: Editorial

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