Using water residency time to enhance spatio-temporal connectivity for conservation planning in seasonally dynamic freshwater ecosystems

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1028-1035

  Hermoso, Virgilio ^a   Ward, Doug P ^a   Kennard, Mark J ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Lateral connectivity; Longitudinal connectivity; Marxan; Refuge; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MODIS; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TURTLE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATERFOWL;

AUSTRALIA;

TESTUDINES;

EID: 84866531801     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2012.02191.x     Document Type: Article

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