Spatial graphs as templates for habitat networks in boreal landscapes

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 21, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 3569-3584

  Reunanen, Pasi ^a   Fall, Andrew ^b   Nikula, Ari ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Graph theory; Network theory; SELES; Spatial ecology

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FOREST COVER; GRAPHICAL METHOD; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT MOSAIC; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MOVEMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOPOLOGY;

EID: 84869201687     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-012-0382-3     Document Type: Article

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