Assessing functional connectivity: A landscape approach for handling multiple ecological requirements

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 453-463

  Mimet, Anne ^a,b   Houet, Thomas ^c   Julliard, Romain ^b   Simon, Laurent ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c Laboratoire Geode   (France)

Author keywords

"landscape habitat"; Bird species; Ecological network; Functional connectivity; Heterogeneity; Junction landscapes; Landscape composition; Landscape configuration; Multi species

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877909853     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.12024     Document Type: Article

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