A Vector Approach for Modeling Landscape Corridors and Habitat Connectivity

Environmental Modeling and Assessment

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-16

  Matisziw, Timothy C ^a,b   Alam, Mahabub ^d   Trauth, Kathleen M ^a   Inniss, Enos C ^a   Semlitsch, Raymond D ^b   McIntosh, Steve ^c   Horton, John ^c  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Geographic information systems; Network modeling and analysis; Species movement; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; WETLANDS;

AMPHIBIANS; ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; HABITAT CONNECTIVITY; LANDSCAPE CONNECTIVITIES; LANDSCAPE CORRIDORS; NETWORK MODELING; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS; SPECIES MOVEMENT;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AMPHIBIAN; CONNECTIVITY; HABITAT CORRIDOR; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MOVEMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOPOLOGY;

AMPHIBIA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 84901518927     PISSN: 14202026     EISSN: 15732967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10666-014-9412-8     Document Type: Article

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