Between ecological theory and planning practice: (Re-) Connecting forest patches for the wildcat in Lower Saxony, Germany

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 376-384

  Klar, Nina ^a,b   Herrmann, Mathias ^b   Henning Hahn, Mandy ^c   Pott Dörfer, Bärbel ^d   Hofer, Heribert ^e   Kramer Schadt Stephanie, S ^e  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b OEKO LOGCOM   (Germany)

^c BUND Lower Saxony eV (Friends of the Earth Germany)   (Germany)

^d Sect Species and Habitat Conservation   (Germany)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corridor network; European wildcat; Felis silvestris; GIS; Land use planning; Least cost algorithm

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE;

CORRIDOR NETWORKS; EUROPEAN WILDCAT; FELIS SILVESTRIS; LAND USE PLANNING; LEAST-COST ALGORITHMS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CONNECTIVITY; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; FELID; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GIS; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; MITIGATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PATCHINESS; PATH ANALYSIS; PLANNING PRACTICE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; ROADKILL; WILD POPULATION;

GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY;

FELIS SILVESTRIS;

EID: 84858276776     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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