The spatial and temporal components of functional connectivity in fragmented landscapes

Ambio

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 51-59

  Auffret, Alistair G ^a   Plue, Jan ^a   Cousins, Sara A O ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conservation; Dispersal; Global change; Historical ecology; Landscape change; Semi natural grassland

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONNECTIVITY; GLOBAL CHANGE; GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 84920815412     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-014-0588-6     Document Type: Article

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