Rapid assessment of linear transport infrastructure in relation to the impact on landscape continuity for large ranging mammals

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 153-168

  Kaphegyi, Thomas A M ^a   Dees, Matthias ^b   Zlatanova, Diana ^c   Ueffing, Christoph ^d   Dutsov, Aleksandar ^c   Kaphegyi, Ursula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b GeoFIS   (Germany)

^c Balkani Wildlife Society   (Bulgaria)

^d GIS and Remote Sensing Consultant   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brown bear; Bulgaria; Fragmentation; GIS; Road ecology; Transport infrastructure

Indexed keywords

BEAR; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; GIS; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT USE; LANDSCAPE; MOTORWAY; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SUBPOPULATION; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; VULNERABILITY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

BULGARIA;

MAMMALIA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 84871504856     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-012-0409-9     Document Type: Article

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