A plea for simultaneously considering matrix quality and local environmental conditions when analysing landscape impacts on effective dispersal

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2146-2156

  Pflüger, Femke J ^a   Balkenhol, Niko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

behavioural mechanisms; carrying capacity; effective distance; habitat (dis ) similarity; landscape connectivity; metapopulation connectivity index

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; BEHAVIOURAL MECHANISMS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CARRYING CAPACITY; ECOLOGY; EFFECTIVE DISTANCE; ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT (DIS-) SIMILARITY; LANDSCAPE CONNECTIVITY; METAPOPULATION CONNECTIVITY INDEX; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; REVIEW;

BEHAVIOURAL MECHANISMS; CARRYING CAPACITY; EFFECTIVE DISTANCE; HABITAT (DIS-) SIMILARITY; LANDSCAPE CONNECTIVITY; METAPOPULATION CONNECTIVITY INDEX;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS, POPULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84899654519     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12712     Document Type: Review

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