Modelling land use changes for landscape connectivity: The role of plantation forestry and highways

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 504-515

  Nogués, Soledad ^a   Cabarga Varona, Alejandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Forest dwelling species; Graph theory matrix; IIC index; PC index; Reforestation; Road network

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GRAPHICAL METHOD; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE; MODELING; NATURE CONSERVATION; PLANTATION FORESTRY; REFORESTATION; ROAD;

CANTABRIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84927693092     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2014.08.004     Document Type: Article

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