Modelling non-Euclidean movement and landscape connectivity in highly structured ecological networks

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 169-177

  Sutherland, Chris ^a   Fuller, Angela K ^a   Royle, J Andrew ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Animal movement; Dendritic ecological network; Density; Ecological distance; Functional connectivity; Habitat network; Stream distance; Structural connectivity

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84922405604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12316     Document Type: Article

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