Assessing multi-taxa sensitivity to the human footprint, habitat fragmentation and loss by exploring alternative scenarios of dispersal ability and population size: A simulation approach

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2761-2779

  Hand, Brian K ^a   Cushman, Sam A ^c   Landguth, Erin L ^b   Lucotch, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity modeling; Least cost paths; Resistant kernels; UNICOR

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; POPULATION SIZE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84906941119     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-014-0747-x     Document Type: Article

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