Focal species and landscape “naturalness” corridor models offer complementary approaches for connectivity conservation planning

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2121-2132

  Krosby, Meade ^a   Breckheimer, Ian ^b   John Pierce, D ^c   Singleton, Peter H ^d   Hall, Sonia A ^e   Halupka, Karl C ^f   Gaines, William L ^g   Long, Robert A ^h   McRae, Brad H ⁱ   Cosentino, Brian L ^c   Schuett Hames, Joanne P ^c,j  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^e SAH Ecologia LLC   (United States)

^f US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^g Washington Conservation Science Institute   (United States)

^h Woodland Park Zoo   (United States)

ⁱ THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^j NONE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Coarse filter; Connectivity; Corridors; Fine filter; Focal species; Landscape integrity

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOREGION; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; FILTER; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

COLUMBIA PLATEAU; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 84945493838     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-015-0235-z     Document Type: Article

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