Estimating landscape resistance to movement: A review

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 777-797

  Zeller, Katherine A ^a,b   McGarigal, Kevin ^a   Whiteley, Andrew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b PANTHERA   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Corridors; Cost friction surface; Landscape pattern; Landscape permeability; Resistant kernel; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HOME RANGE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; LITERATURE REVIEW; MOVEMENT; PARAMETERIZATION; RESOURCE SELECTION; RESOURCE USE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84862153550     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-012-9737-0     Document Type: Review

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