The spatial configuration of greenspace affects semi-aquatic turtle occupancy and species richness in a suburban landscape

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 117, Issue , 2013, Pages 46-56

  Guzy, Jacquelyn C ^a   Price, Steven J ^b   Dorcas, Michael E ^a  

^a DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectance metric; Connectivity; Golf course; Hierarchical Bayesian model; Landscape composition; Terrestrial and aquatic habitat

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GOLF; NEAREST NEIGHBOR SEARCH; PONDS; RECREATIONAL FACILITIES; RURAL AREAS;

AQUATIC HABITATS; CONNECTANCE; CONNECTIVITY; GOLF COURSE; HIERARCHICAL BAYESIAN MODELING; LANDSCAPE COMPOSITION;

LAKES;

CONNECTIVITY; GREENSPACE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LANDSCAPE; POND; REPTILE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBURBAN AREA; TURTLE; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING; WILD POPULATION;

EID: 84879706957     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2013.04.011     Document Type: Article

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