Risk spreading, connectivity, and optimal reserve spacing

Ecological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 311-321

  Blowes, Shane A ^a   Connolly, Sean R ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Environmental covariance; Population synchrony; Reserve design; Risk spreading; Spatial population ecology

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DIFFUSION; DISPERSAL; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXTINCTION RISK; GROWTH RATE; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION ECOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESERVE DESIGN; SYNCHRONY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84858693987     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0952.1     Document Type: Article

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