Applying circuit theory for corridor expansion and management at regional scales: Tiling, pinch points, and omnidirectional connectivity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Pelletier, David ^a   Clark, Melissa ^b   Anderson, Mark G ^b   Rayfield, Bronwyn ^c   Wulder, Michael A ^d   Cardille, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; MIGRATION; OMNIDIRECTIONAL CONNECTIVITY MODEL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAVEL; URBANIZATION; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; PLANT DISPERSAL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANT DISPERSAL; QUEBEC;

EID: 84900449735     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084135     Document Type: Article

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