Optimal selection of marine protected areas based on connectivity and habitat quality

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 240, Issue , 2012, Pages 105-112

  Berglund, Moa ^a   Nilsson Jacobi, Martin ^a   Jonsson, Per R ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Conservation; Dispersal; Eigenvalue perturbation theory; Habitat quality; Networks; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; DISPERSAL; EIGENVALUE PERTURBATION THEORY; HABITAT QUALITY; PROTECTED AREAS;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); OPTIMIZATION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIODIVERSITY; EIGENVALUE; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HARVESTING; MARINE PARK; NATURE RESERVE; PLANKTIVORE; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SESSILE SPECIES; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84861820461     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.04.011     Document Type: Article

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