Where to Restore Ecological Connectivity? Detecting Barriers and Quantifying Restoration Benefits

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  McRae, Brad H ^a   Hall, Sonia A ^a   Beier, Paul ^b   Theobald, David M ^c  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; HABITAT PATCHINESS; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES HABITAT; WILDLIFE;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84871656881     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052604     Document Type: Article

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