A model of road effect using line integrals and a test of the performance of two new road indices using the distribution of small mammals in an Atlantic Forest landscape

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 247, Issue , 2012, Pages 64-70

  Freitas, Simone R ^a   Alexandrino, Marcos M ^b   Pardini, Renata ^b   Metzger, Jean Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ABC   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Differential Calculus of Several Variables; GIS; Landscape metrics; Road ecology; Tropical forest; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

LANDSCAPE METRICS; ROAD ECOLOGY; SEVERAL VARIABLES; TROPICAL FOREST; WILDLIFE;

ALGORITHMS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MAMMALS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ROADS AND STREETS;

ABUNDANCE; AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; ALGORITHM; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST COVER; GENERALIST; GIS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SMALL MAMMAL; SOFTWARE; SPECIALIST; TROPICAL FOREST;

ALGORITHMS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; GIS; MAMMALS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROADS; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84866182944     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.07.033     Document Type: Article

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