Prioritizing restoration of structural connectivity in rivers: A graph based approach

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1231-1238

  Segurado, Pedro ^a   Branco, Paulo ^a   Ferreira, Maria T ^a  

^a Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Conservation planning; Fishes; Graph theory; Portugal; Restoration; River

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FISH; GRAPHICAL METHOD; PRIORITIZATION; RIVER BASIN; RIVER MANAGEMENT;

PORTUGAL; TAGUS BASIN;

PISCES;

EID: 84880760175     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-013-9883-z     Document Type: Article

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