Landscape connectivity for wildlife: Development and validation of multispecies linkage maps

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 626-633

  Koen, Erin L ^a   Bowman, Jeff ^b   Sadowski, Carrie ^b   Walpole, Aaron A ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Circuitscape; Corridor; Functional connectivity; Landscape planning; Pekania Martes pennanti; Reptiles; Road kill

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904288790     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12197     Document Type: Article

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