How to make landscape genetics beneficial for conservation management?

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 503-512

  Keller, Daniela ^a,b   Holderegger, Rolf ^a,c   van Strien, Maarten J ^c   Bolliger, Janine ^a,c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b FORNAT AG   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Landscape variable selection; Multi species studies; Planning tools; Statistical model quality; Study area extent; Threshold identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940006704     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-014-0684-y     Document Type: Review

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