Effect of planning for connectivity on linear reserve networks

Conservation Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 796-807

  Lentini, Pia E ^a,b   Gibbons, Philip ^b   Carwardine, Josie ^c   Fischer, Joern ^d   Drielsma, Michael ^e   Martin, Tara G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Connectivity metrics; Corridor; Linear feature; Marxan; Sensitivity; Systematic conservation; Target based conservation; traveling stock route

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HEDGEROW; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NATURE RESERVE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESERVE DESIGN; STREAM;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONNECTIVITY METRICS; CONSERVACIÓN BASADA EN OBJETIVOS; CORREDOR; CORRIDOR; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ELEMENTOS LINEALE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; LINEAR FEATURE; MARXAN; MARXAN, MEDIDAS DE CONECTIVIDAD; METHODOLOGY; PLANIFICACIÓN SISTEMÁTICA DE LA CONSERVACIÓN; PLANT; SENSIBILIDAD; SENSITIVITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC CONSERVATION; TARGET-BASED CONSERVATION, TRAVELING STOCK ROUTE;

CONNECTIVITY METRICS; CONSERVACIÓN BASADA EN OBJETIVOS; CORREDOR; CORRIDOR; ELEMENTOS LINEALE; LINEAR FEATURE; MARXAN; MARXAN, MEDIDAS DE CONECTIVIDAD; PLANIFICACIÓN SISTEMÁTICA DE LA CONSERVACIÓN; SENSIBILIDAD; SENSITIVITY; SYSTEMATIC CONSERVATION; TARGET-BASED CONSERVATION, TRAVELING STOCK ROUTE;

AUSTRALIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84880703783     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12060     Document Type: Article

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