Surface water network structure, landscape resistance to movement and flooding vital for maintaining ecological connectivity across Australia’s largest river basin

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2045-2065

  Bishop Taylor, Robbi ^a   Tulbure, Mirela G ^a   Broich, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Circuit theory; Dispersal; Ecological connectivity; Ecological networks; Flooding; Graph theory; Least cost; Murray Darling Basin; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CONNECTIVITY; COST ANALYSIS; DISPERSAL; FLOODING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MOVEMENT; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PROTECTED AREA; RESILIENCE; RIVER BASIN; SURFACE WATER; VIABILITY;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN;

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 84945485558     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-015-0230-4     Document Type: Article

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