A framework for incorporating fine-scale dispersal behaviour into biodiversity conservation planning

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 141, Issue , 2015, Pages 11-23

  Lechner, Alex M ^a,b   Doerr, Veronica ^c,d   Harris, Rebecca M B ^a   Doerr, Erik ^c,d   Lefroy, Edward C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Circuitscape; Connectivity; Conservation planning; Dispersal; Graph theory; Least cost paths

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTATION THEORY; CONSERVATION; GRAPH THEORY; LAND USE; REGIONAL PLANNING;

CIRCUITSCAPE; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DISPERSAL; LEAST COST PATH;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

CONSERVATION PLANNING; DISPERSAL; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LAND USE PLANNING; REGIONAL PATTERN;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84928776873     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.04.008     Document Type: Article

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